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Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Steven Callahan
Subhuman (A Unit 51 Novel)
Michael McBride
Despite Lupus: How to Live Well with a Chronic Illness (1)
Sara Gorman
A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
Kathryn Harkup
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A Killer Ship...

— feeling bad egg
The North Water: A Novel - Ian McGuire

This was the most disturbing book I've read in a long time. After I read the first chapter I wasn't even sure I wanted to read anymore. It literally made me sick to my stomach. I figured though, if the author can provoke that much emotion from me in just a few pages, I better stick around to see what else he can do. Well if his goal was to paint a very realistic portrait of what some of humanities worst will resort to, I think he definitely succeeded. He has a way with words and development of dark characters that will make you glad that you never have to actually come across these people in real life. The story is not for the faint at heart. It's disturbing, it's vile, it's sick, it's gruesome and it will make you wonder what the hell the world has come to but all of those things are what make the story special and the author an exceptional writer. It's as real as you can get and it's not only hard to swallow but it will stick with you long after you finish that last page- just like a shot of 100 proof. If you think you can stomach that, I say drink up!