I absolutely loved your description of literary horror! 😍 I couldn’t agree more!! 💜💜 I am a huge lover of symbolism so it’s a subgenre that I have grown into loving but I find the “dry” text to sometimes turn me off. For example, I absolutely adored Bunny but Kassandra Caw’s new work felt like a whole sea of nothingness with a few beautiful lines thrown it from time to time 😂 Also I loved how you put warm bodies as lit horror. I can so totally see that! I read the whole series and it’s less about gore and more about what the zombies symbolize to the characters as they grapple with life, society, capitalism, etc. it’s a series I can reread every so often because I grow in my own self-understanding which changes my views on the book. Also also 😂 have you read Monstrilio??? I gave that one five stars and it’s totally lit horror!!

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

Lol that is totally fair for kassandra khaws work. Did you read nothing but blackened teeth by them too? Yesss I totally loved the look at society and humanity in warm bodies. I really need to get to the rest in the series!! Monstrilio is on my list! I'm going to try to prioritize it for winter. I've heard amazing things!

Loving the pink! Bunny I read a while ago and it was absolutely a fever dream read. Loved Warm Bodies so much, Our Wives Under The Sea and The Cabin At The End Of The Woods. Want to read the others at some point.

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! Yes fever dream is the perfectly encapsulating description 😂 so happy to hear you loved the cabin at the end of the woods too, idk why it has such a low score. I'm thinking it may be since it is so ambiguous and maybe people went in wanting a super action packed apocalyptic survival story 🤔

Love the pink! I always thought Warm Bodies was just a paranormal zombie romance, I'll have to give it a try. Jawbone intrigues me. If you ever feel brave, try the grand-daddy of literary horror, House of Leaves. Have your annotating supplies at the ready. The story at the very center is quite creepy, but you gotta put the effort in to get to it. 😂

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Romance is definitely at the forefront but the secondary characters bring in a lot of dimension. The romance is also not like spicy or anything so it didnt feel weird for me lol. House of leaves is so intimidating!! 😂 but i may have to give it a go one day

OMG I LOVED Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion when I first read it!!!!! I read it right around the time the movie was coming out and I remember going out to see the film and just being obsessed with it! I really feel like it is one of the best / most under rated zombie stories!!! 🧟‍♂💖😍😍

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

The movie was my comfort watch for sooo long. Once I finally read the book I was not disappointed and just loved the characters that much more. I really need to read the prequel and sequel 🖤

As someone who loves Bunny, no plot only vibes is the perfect explanation.

@WickedScorpio

7 ай бұрын

Such a fantastic book 🖤

thank you sm for this video!! these are exactly the kind of books i’ve been looking for. also i just found your channel & i’m definitely hooked!

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

Yayy I'm glad you enjoyed it!! One of my favorite subgenres! I'm so happy to have you as part of the channel 🫶🖤

Love the new hair colour! Great recs! 👻🦇☕🎃📚🧛🪦🕯️

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! 😊

Nice video and thanks for the recs. I'm not sure I'd label Tell Me I'm Worthless as literary horror - I think there's grey area of course, but there are some quite violent and intense scenes of human and supernatural horror in that book. For me, I'd understood literary horror to be more of a book that could stand on its own as a piece of literary fiction but uses some sprinkle of horror to convey a message or theme without having an intent to horrify or scare the reader. With that in mind, 100% agree on Our Wives Under the Sea. The other main literary horror books I've read that I think fit that bill are Monstrilio by Gerardo Cordoba and Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang. That said, glad to see people talking about literary horror, and I'll definitely check out Warm Bodies and Jawbone, thanks!

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

I could see that! I have monstrilio on my list and have seen natural beauty, but i haven't heard many reviews on it yet. Definitely interested! Hope you enjoy them. Happy reading 📚😊✨️

@chriscze6153

9 ай бұрын

@@WickedScorpio they're both great books and are in my top 5 horror books of the year as of now. Monstrilio analyzes grief though a very queer lens whereas Natural Beauty focuses more on the western beauty industry and what women go through to be seen as beautiful. I'd highly recommend :)

I love horror and just started dabbling into different subgenres. Loved Bunny and would love to see you do different subgenre focused reading vlogs! ❤️ Also, it should be a crime how good pink tones look on you!

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much you are too kind 😊🫶 Yay I would love to do that!!

omg im so excited to watch this video! Literary Horror is one of my fave subgenres. also, your hair!!! 😍😍😍

@astoldbymaddie

9 ай бұрын

Warm bodies sounds super interesting!! I knew it was a movie, but I didn't realize it was a book. definitely will be checking it out amazing recommendations! I'd recommend Monstrilio if you haven't read it yet, one of my faves from this year.

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! There's even a sequel and a prequel to the warm bodies that I still need to get too. I love the movie too. They're pretty similar but the book feels slightly more adult and I felt like I appreciated the characters even more after reading. Monstrilio is on my list! I need to get to that one

Literary horror is definitely hit or miss for me. I think Stephen Graham Jones and T. Kingfisher have great books that would fall under this category too!

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

For sure! I would also def consider SGJ and even thought about adding The only good Indians to the list but I just may need to do another video because it didn't want it to be too long. I need to read more from T Kingfisher. I've read What moves the dead which I really likes and Hollow Places which I did not care for lol

I loved your video, keep up the good work!

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

Loving the hair girrrrrrrl! 🩷🩷🩷

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! 🥹💕💕🫶

I have seen Jawbone around but haven't heard many people talk about it. I had to add it to my TBR after your recommendation!!! I LOVE this subgenre so thank you for the recs!! 💖

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!! Thank you for watching 🫶✨️ I can't wait to hear what you think of jawbone when you get to it! 😊

I just recently finished jawbone and wow. Everyone has their own battles and issues going on. Loved the talk about white horror and the essay Annalise wrote!?!? A work of ART 🐊

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

Yes exactly!! Absolutely stunning. The essay made me speechless

💚🖤 love your hair 😍

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! 🥹💕🫶

I was just talking to hubby about the movie warm bodies.

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

I love the movie! It's actually pretty similar to the book too. It is one of my cozy watches.

Have you read Suffer The Children? It’s one of my favorite books and I think it’s literary horror. It’s very deep and contemplative!

@WickedScorpio

7 ай бұрын

Ooo I have not but I will most definitely look into it!!

Omg the cabin at the end of the world was just notttttt for me 😂 but I understand why people love it.

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

Totally valid lol 🫶

I wonder how the movie about the cabin at the end of the world did if the book didn't get high ratings.

@WickedScorpio

9 ай бұрын

The movie does not have great ratings. I havent seen it myself, but from what I've heard, most people who like the book did not like the movie. I'm avoiding the movie since I liked the book lol. Apparently, the ending is totally different

@Bookishandcaffeinated

9 ай бұрын

@@WickedScorpio thank you was wondering about the movie.