jpwynn Wrote:I remember a few months ago, there was a thread of people's favorite disturbing scenes. I just finished Dydeetown World yesterday and have to tell about one that has definitely climbed up into my top 3 and vying(?) for first place.
Kyle's punishment from The Man From Mars. Lying on the floor of that cave with nothing but his nerves, spinal cord and his head. With a lung machine keeping him alive. That was told so well. It kept replaying in my head throughout the rest of the book. Oh my God! The pain!
The only thing that MIGHT top that is the kid (whose name escapes me at the moment) being buried alive and in pain all those years in REPRISAL.
Maggers Wrote:That would be Danny, who was so brutally and endlessly tortured by Sara Lom, aka, you know who.
Yes, that scene in "Dydeetown World" was unbelievable. Sometimes I need a nudge to remember these scenes and how wonderfully well FPW writes about the most awful things.
We met Mrs. FPW, Mary, at the GU 4, and she told us some tales (!!), one of which was how upset she was by the torture of little Danny and the fact that it was birthed by the brain of her husband! She had a hard time reconciling those two facts. After meeting Paul, I do, too!
For such a nice, kind and mild mannered guy, Effy can write some pretty mean stuff, or as Lisa would say, that's wicked nasty!
ALowerDeep Wrote:in my humble opinion my most disturbing scene in a FPW book would have to be when the priest turned bad ampire in midnight mass castrates and sucks the blood of a child
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Maggers Wrote:Ooohhh....this should have had a spoiler warning. I haven't read "Midnight Mass" yet.
jpwynn Wrote:I remember a few months ago, there was a thread of people's favorite disturbing scenes. I just finished Dydeetown World yesterday and have to tell about one that has definitely climbed up into my top 3 and vying(?) for first place.
Kyle's punishment from The Man From Mars. Lying on the floor of that cave with nothing but his nerves, spinal cord and his head. With a lung machine keeping him alive. That was told so well. It kept replaying in my head throughout the rest of the book. Oh my God! The pain!
jpwynn Wrote:I remember a few months ago, there was a thread of people's favorite disturbing scenes. I just finished Dydeetown World yesterday and have to tell about one that has definitely climbed up into my top 3 and vying(?) for first place.
Kyle's punishment from The Man From Mars. Lying on the floor of that cave with nothing but his nerves, spinal cord and his head. With a lung machine keeping him alive. That was told so well. It kept replaying in my head throughout the rest of the book. Oh my God! The pain!
Kenji Wrote:And, The wire's scene. That was shocking!