Dead Inside Review

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In this bleak and disturbingly erotic debut novel, iconoclast Chandler Morrison provides readers with a dark exploration of the nature of death, individuality, and generational identity. Along the way, lines will be crossed, taboos will be violated, and common decency will take an extended leave of absence. This is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. Or anyone who enjoyed Fifty Shades of Grey.

A young hospital security guard with a disturbingly unique taste in women. A maternity doctor with a horrifically unusual appetite. When the two of them meet, they embark on a journey of self-discovery as they shatter societal norms while engaging in destructive and abhorrent behavior. As they unwittingly help each other understand a world in which neither of them seems to belong, they begin to realize what it truly means to be alive...and that it might not always be a good thing.

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Content Warning: ALL OF THEM

So this was a book very loosely recommended to me by a close friend and fellow bookstagrammer with the warning, “I felt like I needed to bleach my brain afterwards.” Then I got gifted this book by a mutual friend, mostly as a joke. But of course, by then I knew I had to actually read it or try to.

Oh-my-word! This was one helluva book! And I’ll start by saying I 100% agree with my friend's statement of needing to bleach their brain! Because WHAT THE FUCK did I just read?!

My friend and I have agreed we’re totally going to hell for having read this book. This book is beyond disturbing on so many levels. 

I felt like vomiting.

There were so many parts of this that made me gag while reading it. But I couldn’t look away. I couldn’t put it down. I simply could not stop reading. Does reading this book make me a terrible person? 

I’ve read a lot of disturbing books, but this one definitely takes the cake. I would not in good conscience ever recommend this to someone. This is dark, disturbing, and fucked up in so many ways. This is extreme horror.

So why am I posting a review for this? To be honest, I couldn’t tell you. Part of me just feels like I needed to? The whole reason why I picked this up is a comical memory for me and my friends, even after reading this now. 

If my review somehow convinces you to pick this up, please don’t hate me.