Aron Silver reviewed Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen
An absolutely stunning gorefest
4 stars
Johanna delivered a lovely gorefest with Blood on Her Tongue. The book is intense, gruesome, and genuinely disturbing. Love it!
I do have to say, it was a bit of a bummer there the story was prefaced by almost an entire page of trigger warnings. She probably meant well, but this was by itself an enormous spoiler for what we were in for. It allowed me to flip the switch and gobble it up the way you do with some disturbing dark comedy.
Because of this, I also never felt the story became scary. Especially towards the end I felt the constant barrage of obscenities had lost their impact, and I became a little bit bored to read the end of it. The ending wasn’t bad, but it was forgettable.
Either way, a great read, and recommended for lovers of gothic as well as dark comedians that …
Johanna delivered a lovely gorefest with Blood on Her Tongue. The book is intense, gruesome, and genuinely disturbing. Love it!
I do have to say, it was a bit of a bummer there the story was prefaced by almost an entire page of trigger warnings. She probably meant well, but this was by itself an enormous spoiler for what we were in for. It allowed me to flip the switch and gobble it up the way you do with some disturbing dark comedy.
Because of this, I also never felt the story became scary. Especially towards the end I felt the constant barrage of obscenities had lost their impact, and I became a little bit bored to read the end of it. The ending wasn’t bad, but it was forgettable.
Either way, a great read, and recommended for lovers of gothic as well as dark comedians that like to stretch their boundaries.
PS.: Feel free to try and kill me first 😘