But maybe these kinds of stories just aren't for me. Its an extremely disturbing story that had no redeeming qualities and quite a bizarre and lackluster ending. I held out to the end for 2 reasons, 1) its relatively short, just under 200 pages and 2) every dang person on tiktok said this is one of their favorite disturbing horror books and I'm trying to read Spooky for October.I do not recommend this book to anyone unless someone just wants to indulge in torture stories and relishes a read that will make them regret the time they wasted. The rest of the book is Frank nonchalantly describing the grisly ways in which they died while roaming around the island, engaging in intense animal cruelty and performing psychotic rituals with his 'Wasp Factory'. Banks that he submitted The Wasp Factory for publication. Despite this he continued to use his unofficial middle name and it was as Iain M. In an interview in Socialist Review he claimed he did this after he 'abandoned the idea of crashing my Land Rover through the gates of Fife dockyard. Frank admits that he himself has a dark secret, that he killed three of his child relatives in his youth, including his little brother. The Wasp Factory is a work of horrifying compulsion. As Frank awaits his inevitable arrival, he divulges the frightening reasons as to his brother's incarceration.

At the beginning they learn that Frank's older brother Eric has escaped an institution and is making his way back to the island. Essentially Frank, the protagonist lives a hermetic lifestyle on his family's small island in Scotland with his father. Its been awhile since I rated something 2 stars.this is insanely graphic and obscene one minute and borderline boring the next.

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