You might be surprised. When I was a kid of about 12 or 13, one of my friends described a book she’d read lately that she’d found really interesting. It wasn’t until several years later when I read it myself that I realized the book she had been talking about was 1984.
In fact, the most gruesome and disturbing book I can ever recall reading was one that I picked up after my 12 year old sister was finished with it.
The Visitor, by Sheri S. Tepper. It was a post apocalyptic sci fi/fantasy novel which explored a few rather interesting philosophical concepts (although it’s been so long since I’ve read it that I can only remember the context in which they were addressed in the vaguest terms,) but some of the content skirts close to torture porn.
You might be surprised. When I was a kid of about 12 or 13, one of my friends described a book she’d read lately that she’d found really interesting. It wasn’t until several years later when I read it myself that I realized the book she had been talking about was 1984.
In fact, the most gruesome and disturbing book I can ever recall reading was one that I picked up after my 12 year old sister was finished with it.
Which one was this?
The Visitor, by Sheri S. Tepper. It was a post apocalyptic sci fi/fantasy novel which explored a few rather interesting philosophical concepts (although it’s been so long since I’ve read it that I can only remember the context in which they were addressed in the vaguest terms,) but some of the content skirts close to torture porn.