Which scene in the book creeped you out the most? (Spoilers)

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Which scene in the book creeped you out the most? (Spoilers)

Post by Lou-chan » Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:42 pm

For me, it's definitely when Tommy was locked up in the cellar with Håkan, and especially what he was like when he was finally found. The claustrophobic terror was incredibly well written as well as incredibly disturbing. I could really feel the panic that Tommy was going through.
Another things that creeped me out, although in a very different way, is when the cats attacked Virginia. I have a very hard time reading through stuff that involves violence against animals, cats in particular, so it was a very difficult scene for me to read through and it left a sick feeling in my stomach.

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Post by bore » Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:50 pm

Lou-chan wrote:For me, it's definitely when Tommy was locked up in the cellar with Håkan, and especially what he was like when he was finally found. The claustrophobic terror was incredibly well written as well as incredibly disturbing. I could really feel the panic that Tommy was going through.
Another things that creeped me out, although in a very different way, is when the cats attacked Virginia. I have a very hard time reading through stuff that involves violence against animals, cats in particular, so it was a very difficult scene for me to read through and it left a sick feeling in my stomach.

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The cat-attack section was definatly creepy. I think I like cats too much to be able to read something like that.
I was creeped out by the sections viewed from Håkans POV a lot, even more than the Tommy lockup.
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Post by Jeannedeorleans » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:37 pm

creep? I think I can't use that word. I love disturbing scene, the more it's disturbing, the more I like it.
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Post by Ka Faraq Gatri » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:31 pm

the literally bone crunching attempted rape scene, i dont wanna see shit like that in my head, i wanna dream about rainbows and lollypops damnit :| :lol:
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Post by shaggles » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:42 pm

Lou-chan wrote:For me, it's definitely when Tommy was locked up in the cellar with Håkan, and especially what he was like when he was finally found. The claustrophobic terror was incredibly well written as well as incredibly disturbing. I could really feel the panic that Tommy was going through.
Another things that creeped me out, although in a very different way, is when the cats attacked Virginia. I have a very hard time reading through stuff that involves violence against animals, cats in particular, so it was a very difficult scene for me to read through and it left a sick feeling in my stomach.

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It's the same for me. Especially when Tommy starts to "enjoy" pummelling Zombie Hakan. Also when Zombie Hakan tries to sodomize Eli. And Oskar's serial killer fantasies at the beginning are a little unnerving.

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Re: Which scene in the book creeped you out the most? (Spoil

Post by Gracek » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:54 pm

Two scenes:
1. When Eli killed Jocke. That was something I don,t know even how to call it. First victim were totally random, but Jocke? He was diffrent, he was a wonderfull naive guy, that's why he died. Is it creppy? Maybe for you it is not creppy, but for me it is.

2. Of course the scene of rape on the Eli, and Tommy who was locked with Hakan. I think that if I were on Tommy place, I would probably end in the Asylum, or even worse. Probably this situation left a scar on Tommy, on the rest of his life.

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Post by Ash » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:39 am

A finger pushed into his ear and he heard the bones in the ear canal crackle and give way as the finger forced itself in, further in. ..... the finger in his ear reached a point where it turned something off, something turned off and... he gave up.
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Post by waggy05 » Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:51 pm

the literally bone crunching attempted rape scene, i dont wanna see shit like that in my head
for real! its not so much creepy as it is graphic and sick. but still, it added a lot to the story overall.

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Post by Dragonclaws » Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:11 am

Hakan, the pedophile zombie... Nuff said. :shock:
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Re: Which scene in the book creeped you out the most? (Spoil

Post by Casper » Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:26 am

Well I knew about the showdown between Eli and Zombie Hakan before I started and dreaded it the whole way through, and Hakan was indeed horrifying.
The part where Eli is affected by morphine and hallucinates
The part explaining the atrocities committed against Eli by Blue Eyes and his creepy fat helper.
And for some reason, how Eli describes the cheese in the old lady's home, I could almost feel the nausea.
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