Perhaps it was the reactions of other people that had read this novel that conditioned me trying not to spoil it for myself, I still wanted to see what others had to say about it on Goodreads and elsewhere on the Internet. For someone who didn’t entirely know what to expect, I sure had my expectations. I had the expectation that whatever I had endured while reading American Psycho would pale in comparison to what Haunted was about to put me through. In all honesty, I’m not so sure what I was scared of Haunted didn’t disappoint, not by a long shot, but I got the sense, before I started reading it on Sunday night, that I would need to prepare myself for the worst. I’m still not sure why I didn’t hunt for it to begin with. It’s difficult to describe exactly what drew me to it in the first place, other than a curiosity instilled by a friend who explained Guts to me before English class last year. I powered through Haunted in much the same way as I have powered through all the books I have bought and received in the past few days. ![]() ![]() The public readings peppered with two or three people fainting during each. If you’ve never heard of Guts, then you most likely won’t want to hear about it, and if you have heard of it, then you’ll know at least a little about its bizarre legacy. ![]() Haunted may very well be infamous, or at least, one of its short stories, Guts most assuredly is.
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