{"id":20628,"date":"2024-09-24T01:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=20628"},"modified":"2025-09-26T22:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T02:09:16","slug":"book-something-akin-to-revulsion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-something-akin-to-revulsion\/","title":{"rendered":"Something Akin to Revulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"book-3092\" class=\"bdb-book-info\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/book_somethingakintorevulsion.png?fit=250%2C369&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Something Akin to Revulsion\" class=\"alignright\"\/><strong>Title:<\/strong> Something Akin to Revulsion<br \/><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/judith-sonnet\/\">Judith Sonnet<\/a><br \/><strong>First Published:<\/strong> <span content=\"2022-08-17\">August 17, 2022<\/span><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/publisher\/self-published\/\">Self-Published<\/a><br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 142<br \/><strong>Genre:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/extreme-horror\/\">Extreme Horror<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/horror\/\">Horror<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/short-stories\/\">Short Stories<\/a><br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/format\/paperback\/\">Paperback<\/a><br \/><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/source\/purchased\/\">Purchased<\/a><br \/><strong>Rating:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/rating\/4\/\"><span class=\"bdb-font-awesome-star-wrap\"><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/62015055-something-akin-to-revulsion\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/addtogoodreads.png?ssl=1\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <p>Get ready to feel.... SOMETHING AKIN TO REVULSION.<br \/>\nJudith Sonnet is proud to present three gut-churning tales of depravity, murder, and mayhem!<br \/>\nMeet an abusive monster on the internet... attend the worst party in the world... watch as a vile woman receives her supernatural comeuppance... and witness a backwoods wrestling match gone wrong!<br \/>\nFeaturing loads of gore, human and demonic evil, and even a few laughs... SOMETHING AKIN TO REVULSION is a collection that splatter fans won't want to miss!<\/p>\n<strong>Get the Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/47H5Lu5\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>\r\n<hr \/><\/div>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Review\",\n\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2024-09-24T05:00:36+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\"description\": \"Something Akin to Revulsion\",\n\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Radical Dreamer\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-something-akin-to-revulsion\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Something Akin to Revulsion\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"author\": [\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Judith Sonnet\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-database\\\/author\\\/judith-sonnet\\\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t],\n\t\t\t\t\t\"isbn\": \"9798846904057\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"numberOfPages\": 142,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Self-Published\"\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\"image\": \"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/book_somethingakintorevulsion.png?fit=250%2C369&ssl=1\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2022-08-17T00:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.goodreads.com\\\/book\\\/show\\\/62015055-something-akin-to-revulsion\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"genre\": \"Extreme Horror\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Jamie\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/\"\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"ratingValue\": 4,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"bestRating\": 5\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t resist the killer title and cover for this book despite having mixed feelings about extreme horror. This collection of stories delivers on the title, the contents of these stories are truly revolting. I don&#8217;t get nauseated reading gross content that often, but some of the stories in this collection made me gag. Serious content warning.<\/p>\n<p>Each story was a thrill ride with nail-biting situations and violence galore. There was enough variety here that I could overlook some of the less comfortable aspects of the stories and characters. A solid collection of stories for fans of the extreme horror genre that will twist the stomach of seasoned readers.<\/p>\n<h4>Individual Story Notes:<\/h4>\n<p>&hearts; <strong>Lolcow:<\/strong> Christ I see why this story won the Gross Out Contest at KillerCon. When I saw the title and read the first few pages, I found my mind thinking back to one of the internet&#8217;s most famous Lolcow, <a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/people\/chris-chan-cwc-christine-weston-chandler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Chan<\/a>. This story was easily one of the most revolting of the collection, and while I didn&#8217;t care for the gross bits of this story, I appreciated the nod to 2000&#8217;s internet culture and the ending was chilling.<\/p>\n<p>&hearts; <strong>Liquid Sick:<\/strong> Speaking as an unrepentant feminist, FUCK TERFs. This little short story is about a mother and keyboard-wielding TERF getting a taste of her own vitriol. I didn&#8217;t care for how woo-woo this story gets around the end with visions used as a convenient device to reveal the whole story, but the ending was cathartic.<\/p>\n<p>&hearts; <strong>Rehearsal:<\/strong> This story punches fast and punches hard, a high school party from hell. There is some good commentary here about Brock Turner and other &#8220;promising young men.&#8221; The ending, strangely, was a relief after how dark and intense this story got.<\/p>\n<p>&hearts; <strong>Body-Crunch:<\/strong> Two of the characters in the story were inspired by George and Lennie from <strong>Of Mice and Men<\/strong>, which I found interesting and a good nod to a classic. While I felt a little mixed about this story and the depiction of Oren, the Lennie of the story, this character was genuinely terrifying to me.<\/p>\n<p>&hearts; <strong>Coke-Nail:<\/strong> A cautionary tale for any potheads out there that get any funny ideas in their head to seek out harder drugs. While I wasn&#8217;t keen on another hillbilly serial killer-type, I loved the brutally ambiguous ending.<\/p>\n<p>&hearts; <strong>Something Akin to Revulsion:<\/strong> The titular story packs an emotional punch and is easily the best in the collection. An utterly brutal revenge story. While I loved the ending, the afterword provided information about the two other possible endings and frankly all of the possible endings are fantastic.<\/p>\n<h2>Rating Breakdown<\/h2>\n<table align=\"center\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"34%\">Lolcow: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606<br \/>\nLiquid Sick: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<br \/>\nRehearsal: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">Body-Crunch: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<br \/>\nCoke-Nail: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\nSomething Akin to Revulsion: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\"><center><strong>Favorite Story:<\/strong> Something Akin to Revulsion<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Quote<\/h2>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;She was a <strong>Christian<\/strong>, for <em>crying out loud<\/em>!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Content Warnings<\/h2>\n<span class=\"ubb-spoiler\"><a class=\"ubb-view-spoil\">View Spoiler &raquo;<\/a><span style=\"display: none;\" class=\"ubb-thespoil\">Abduction, Abuse, Animal Death, Beastiality, Bullying, Cannibalism, Castration, Child Death, Child Murder, Death, Elder Abuse, False Imprisonment, Gore, Gun Violence, Home Invasion, Incest, Murder, Mutilation, Necrophilia, Physical Assault, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Slavery, TERF, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Vomiting <a class=\"ubb-hide-spoil\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;\">&laquo; Hide Spoiler<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About Judith Sonnet<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_judithsonnet.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_judithsonnet.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_judithsonnet.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Judith Sonnet (she\/her) is a horror and splatter author from Missouri, although she currently resides in Utah&#8230; where she spends every day reading, writing, watching Italian horror movies, and listening to loud music. She&#8217;s a trans woman, an abuse survivor, and is thankful to be involved in the horror community. Noteworthy publications include No One Rides For Free, The Clown Hunt, Something Akin to Revulsion, and Summer Never Ends, all of which are available on Amazon. TOXIC is her Godless debut. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100079425782603\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/20958530.Judith_Sonnet\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/47IyCxU\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fulltimehorrorjunkie\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review I couldn&#8217;t resist the killer title and cover for this book despite having mixed feelings about extreme horror. 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