Best Books About Revenge
- Megan Noel Opava
- Jun 23, 2024
- 4 min read
1. The Haar by David Sodergren (extreme horror)
5 stars
A mermaid-esque, deep sea, ancient, fight of desperation. An old women is the last person standing against a conglomerate. A rich man who wants to turn the beautiful quaint island she grew up on into a golf course. He’s getting rid of all of the residents no matter the cost. The book felt magical and tragic.
2. Demonic by Jeff Strand (extreme horror)
A fun, unhinged splatter punk. Very entertaining. A page turner. Gruesome and just freaking awesome. A man goes to end his coworker’s abusive husband, but finds out he can’t die. He made a pact with a demon. Bloody and fast paced. Feels like flying down a country highway at midnight while drinking a cocktail of blood and rage and chaos.
3. Slewfoot by BROM (historical horror)
5 stars
Set in America when women had no rights. A young woman loses her husband and the worst thing is being a single woman with land according to the men. She’s stuck in a violently puritanical town and must fight for her survival. She teams up with the beings of nature. Learns form her ancestors. Befriends Slewfoot. She refuses to let the men win, but it comes at great costs. I felt all the rage of being suppressed as a woman.
4. The Change by Kirsten Miller (thriller)
Three very different women come together when they realize something terrible is happening in their town. They’re all outcasts in one way or another, but mostly they have all endured men’s prejudices against them. Must take the power into their own hands. Magical. Women Empowerment. Revenge. Female rage. Although I found the book very slow at times to the point where I would put it down for days, I find myself thinking about it a year later.
5. Maggie’s Grave by David Sodergren (extreme horror)
5 stars
Such a fun, page turning, gory ride. Legend has it a witch was once brutally decimated by settlers many hundreds of years ago. A small town cult. Hunger. An extreme and bloody rampage. Anger from the men who believed they knew better.
6. Magnum Opus by Caitlin Marceau (horror)
Two writers. One is terrible and jealous. The other one is talented and kind. Haunting. The greed and psychosis that takes over some and the obsessive lengths they’ll go to.
7. The Reformatory by Tanarive Due (historical horror)
A paranormal horror set in the boonies of Florida shortly after slavery was made illegal. A brother and sister’s bond. The brother is sentenced to The Reformatory after kicking a white boy for messing with his sister. Ghosts and secrets and past and present all merges together into a painful nightmare. The past leaves their impressions especially when there was no peace or justice.
8. Psychic Teenage Bloodbath by Carl John Lee (extreme horror)
5 stars
A sapphic, bloody, unhinged, raging, revenge story. Alongside the intense splatter punk is a beautiful coming of age story. Set several decades ago when being queer was dangerous is where the story begins. Susan’s been in a coma for an entire year and the anger has festered until she finds she has abilities. All hell breaks loose.
9. My Husband by Maud Ventura (dark literature)
5 stars
The inner monologue of this wife who is completely sick with obsession and thinking people are out to get her. You wouldn’t believe what she puts in her notebooks and the actions that come out of them. You better not cross her such as taking your hand away to answer a text or that’s an attack on her. Finished it in a single sitting.
10. Rabbit Hunt by Wrath James White (extreme horror)
5 stars
A group of fraternity brothers join up 10 years later to relive one of their most relished, depraved activities from back in the day. They plan to hunt ‘rabbits’. Tackles issues of race, prejudices, obsession, evilness, letting go, and unbelievable terror. One of the most gory books I’ve ever read. Finished it in a day. EXTREME.
11. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (satirical thriller)
The most insufferable main character I’ve experienced to date. Two writers. One hates the other and is horribly jealous. When the writer passes, the hateful one steals her manuscript. Addresses a lot of issues not just in the publishing world, but the world as a whole. I would literally scream while reading this book. It was so infuriating and I loved it.
12. Winterset Hollow by Jonathon Durham (fairy-tale horror)
5+++ stars
This book was every single thing I loved in a book. It was perfect for me. A guy receives ferry tickets to visit the island of his favorite departed fairy tale writer taking his two friends along. On the island the enormous abandoned mansion sits behind a towering wrought iron fence. They find a way in. Imagine meeting the characters and experiencing your favorite fairy-tale. It would be a dream come true right? Run! Terror. Heart pumping. Creative. Imaginative. Unique. Deeper issues of humanity and what else could have existed alongside us.
13. The Highly Sensitive Peron’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People by Shahida Arabi, MA (nonfiction)
5+ stars
Eye opening, terrifying, nerve wracking, disbelief, empowering, confidence, and love. The different levels from benign to narcissists to full on sociopaths. What to look out for and how to safely exit from their lives. How toxic people retaliate and spread smear campaigns, abandon loved ones during important life moments, silencing their victims, stalking, and sabotaging. Teaches you how to use your sensitivity as a strength and light in the world instead of a weakness. You’ll end the book feeling confident and well equipped.
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