I just finished this up this weekend too. I agree with you that the first two stories were the strongest, but the rest fell mostly flat to me. The Resident had some redeemable qualities but fell off a cliff at the end.

People can read it all they want, it doesn't mean I have to facilitate it. I'm not asking for it to be banned anything stupid like that. Also if you think not wanting other to read about a 14 year old being repeatedly raped, burned, scared and finally beaten to death makes someone a killjoy, you may need to re-examine some things about yourself.

I saw this same reply you made below, and I am curious as to why you think it being based on real events makes it "better" in some way. This book could almost be redeemed if it was from Meg's perspective or at least had some chapters documenting with the author thinks is going through her mind. I agree it was well-written as it did exactly what the author set out to do which is terrify me. I think had there been a section at the end speaking about the actual events that happened and mentioned Sylvia's name, it could have been seen as a memorial to her, but without it the text is asking you to feel empathy for a mythical person.

> promoting his name and title in Bold on social media

The book is 30 years old and they made a movie out of it, I don't think some anon person mentioning the title is going to put it back on the best seller list. Also if anyone finds that book a treasure they need to seek professional help. 300 pages of detailed descriptions of torturing a young girl to death should not be treasured by anyone.

I had heard it was a scary book, but not much else about it. It's sometimes fun to be scared but torture porn is not fun.