Tysyacha Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 What book most sent shivers down your spine & contributed to uneasy sleep? For me, it would have to be a three-way tie between: True Ghost Stories by Isabella Taves (read it as a little girl--yikes!!!) 1984 by George Orwell (most of the scariness is that it could happen!!!) Gerald's Game by Stephen King (I'll NEVER, EVER reread this one!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EnderWiggin Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 {image snipped} Wow. I haven't seen this book in many years. I remember reading this as a kid. _EW_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Ooh, I think I read that as the book version, Rhett. The most disturbing book I've read was one on animal experimentation, and it was so vividly descriptive that I didn't get through the last half of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev7 Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I have read some of the Scary Stories series when I was younger. Some. A lot of those stories give you a very graphic image in your mind. I am really not in to scary stories though, they well, scare me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mur'phon Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 The Bible and Qur'an tops my list:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Memiors of a Geisha.... When I bought it as a fresh faced, innocent 12 year old th grader, I had no idea they'd GRAPHICLY TALK ABOUT SAYURI LOSING HER VIRGINITY? ...That book is how I found out how sex worked.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Sun Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Memiors of a Geisha.... When I bought it as a fresh faced, innocent 12 year old th grader, I had no idea they'd GRAPHICLY TALK ABOUT SAYURI LOSING HER VIRGINITY? Spoiler tags people!!! Scariest one I've ever read would be Stephen King's "Misery", or maybe it was just bad, dunno, I just really didn't like it and scary books usually on't bother me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I've got to agree with you Tysy - Orwell's 1984 was the most disturbing book I've ever read. I still feel a sense of foreboding when I think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcesious Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Edgar Allen Poe... He made some pretty disturbing stories... Maybe not the scariest, but disturbing nontheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan7 Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Mines a factual book; Mengele - the complete story its about Josef Mengele, the camp "doctor" at Auschwitz, in my opinion the most evil man I have come across in any of my reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MdKnightR Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 I can't say that a book has actually ever scared me. Movies, especially those that feature living dead, are my Achilles heel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbieZ Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Books never really invoke fear with me. I can never get that overly involved in them. But truth be told, reading how Jerec put Morgan Katarn's head on a spike was pretty shocking. Pithy i know but hey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravnas Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Easily The Exorcist, and Blood Meridian. While Blood Meridian is not terrifying, its far more disturbing. But Its still in my opinion the best book ever written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 1984 by George Orwell (most of the scariness is that it could happen!!!) I'm sorry, but I think I'm confused. "It hasn't?" When I first read 1984, it freaked me out, too. Of course, when I connected it to modern events, it scared the crud out of me. I look a things differently after reading that book. So, yeah, 1984 is one of the scariest novel's I've ever read. Of course, I have a few suggestions now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Hoon Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton was the first book I ever regretted reading, because of the awful way that the story ended. I also read Lord of the Flies fairly recently, and it's awful, because you pretty much can see the direction that the story wil take, and exactly how fragile civilization is... *shivers* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthJebus05 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 I agree with Bee, LOTF was... ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurges-Ahter Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 During my first couple years in college I often worked the overnight shift at a grocery store for cash. During one stretch the store was advertising Stephen King novels, so I read 4 or 5 of them including Carrie, Pet Semetary, Misery, and a few others. One night, while reading Pet Semetary, and I guess deeply involved in it, a customer threw down some slabs of meat on the counter unexpectedly at 3 am. It scared the bejebus out of me. The book itself was only partly disturbing, but the experience I will always remember. As for the book itself, His Dark Materials series (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) were very disturbing to me solely because of the whole idea of trying to "kill God". That created an internal conflict in that I wanted to read the books to completion but I almost felt guilty for doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCarter426 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke. Not scary at all...just really creepy and disturbing at the end. And confusing. Edgar Allen Poe... He made some pretty disturbing stories... Maybe not the scariest, but disturbing nontheless. Poe too. And... Memiors of a Geisha.... When I bought it as a fresh faced, innocent 12 year old th grader, I had no idea they'd GRAPHICLY TALK ABOUT SAYURI LOSING HER VIRGINITY? ...That book is how I found out how sex worked.... Reminds me of when we read Tess of the D'Urbervilles in English class, and when the student teacher accidentally showed us an R rated movie...in another English class (movie was an adaptation of The House of the Spirits ). But neither is as bad as it sounds; it was junior/senior year of high school, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyuuKage Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 dunno about scary or disturbing, but read anything by Stephen King and you'll feel a tad dizzy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Mines a factual book; Mengele - the complete story its about Josef Mengele, the camp "doctor" at Auschwitz, in my opinion the most evil man I have come across in any of my reading.I trump you with The Rape of Nanking -- where the Nazi is the good guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 dunno about scary or disturbing, but read anything by Stephen King and you'll feel a tad dizzy... He's got some really great thrill ride stories but I find it hard to work up a good scare out of any of his books because I know that the ending of any one of them will undoubtedly send me into a blind rage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKAMaster Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Lord of the Flies was creepy, especially when the kids started killing each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavlos Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Lord of the Flies was creepy, especially when the kids started killing each other. Bet you never thought that the line "They've sharpened a stick at both ends" would send shivers down your spine. Implication will forever be better than outright saying it and Golding is brilliant at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Hoon Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 One of the worst parts was Roger testing the bubble of protection... The whole scene was incredibly well-written and had me on edge. Ack. It may be a good book, but I do somewhat regret reading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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