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| Author | Kristopher Triana |
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| Genre | Horror |
| Publisher | Grindhouse Press |
Publication date | 12 June 2018 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 264 |
| ISBN | 978-1-96-175800-1 |
Full Brutal is a 2018 splatterpunk horror novel written by Kristopher Triana that was published by Grindhouse Press. [1]
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Kim White is a sixteen-year-old girl who is described as attractive, popular, and intelligent. Her father is wealthy, thus enabling her to have a privileged, lavish lifestyle. However, she has grown sick of her lifestyle, and she begins to develop suicidal thoughts as a result.
Kim's friends begin to try and persuade her to lose her virginity, and they describe it as being a life-changing experience. Kim becomes obsessed with the idea of losing her virginity, and she begins to consume porn as a result. Her porn consumption becomes more and more intense, leading her to watch more disturbing pornography, including, but not limited to, BDSM and torture porn.
When she begins to think about losing her virginity, she decides to lose her virginity to one of her teachers, Mr. Blakley. After successfully manipulating Mr. Blakley into having sex with her, which she describes as being gross and not the life-changing experience that she expected, Kim decides to ruin Mr. Blakly's life by exposing him. When the plan works, Kim becomes excited by the feeling of ruining a person's life, so she begins to ruin and destroy the lives of those around her, including her friends. Gradually, her sadistic spiral downwards causes her to turn to more extreme things such as violence, drugs, sabotage, and even murder.
Full Brutal's reception as a splatterpunk novel was well received. Many critics praised the novel's abundance of violence and gore. In particular, Kristopher Triana's depiction of a female perspective was praised, with critics claiming that it perfectly conveyed Kim's experience with her sadistic traits, but also with her struggles with womanhood. [3]
Full Brutal was also the winner of the 2019 Splatterpunk Medal for best novel. [4]
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