Depraved

by Bryan Smith

Book Overview

A group of young travellers are trapped in an isolated, backwards town where they could become the human sacrifice for the annual feast. Only human sacrifices will appease the half-human demon who has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843962925
• ISBN13: 9780843962925
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

"Oh my god! That did not just happen!!!"

Bryan Smith's latest novel, DEPRAVED, takes place in the backwoods town known as Hopkins Bend. Anyone passing through tends to not make it back out and most don't even survive. The town is full of inbred cannibalistic rednecks who tend to rape, torture, and/or eat their victims... not necessarily in that order. Those "lucky" enough to survive and not get killed are put to work in a special strip club that is also within the town of Hopkins Bend. And what is it with the Kincher family? They appear to not be quite human. It looks like they are half-man/half-monster. Have they been undergone some kind of mutation? Will any of the outsiders to Hopkins Bend be able to escape or find a way to stop the townsfolk or will these vicious acts continue to go on forever? DEPRAVED is graphic, foul, smutty, trashy, and probably everything your mama told you never to read as a kid, but that's what makes it so great! Backwoods towns have always been depicted as creepy and if you add in rednecks, well... that just makes them even scarier! Just Kidding! Well, unless they're cannibalistic as Smith portrays them! That's the key. Smith adds in the twist of cannibalism and mutations to make these inbred rednecks be extremely scary, not to mention that they are so depraved. There is also one particular chapter in the book where Smith touches on the "bizarro". I won't spoil anything for you, but it's probably one of the most intense sex scenes I've ever read in a horror book. It's horrifically foul, but I loved every minute of it despite the voices in my head screaming "Oh my god! That did not just happen!!!". As far as I'm concerned, Smith has out done himself with DEPRAVED and I hope that he continues along this line of writing in the future. This is a must for fans of extreme horror. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Contains: Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence, Torture, Gore, Rape, Graphic Sex, Cannibalism Review also posted at MonsterLibrarian Dot Com

Sick, twisted....and lots of fun!!!

Bryan Smith has one sick mind...and I love it!! I read this book in less than two days and was anxious to share it with my friends and family that like good horror, gore and suspense. I am anxious to see what his next book will be like. Mr. Smith please hurry up and write it!! I have to put Bryan Smith on the same level with Brian Keene and that is quiet a compliment. Will not go into particulars of the book because other reviewers have done so, just wanted to say you will not be disappointed if you like mutant cannibal stories with lots of blood and gore!!

Satisfy your hunger.....

.....for for some backwoods horror. Fast paced, chilling and downright sick! Bryan Smith once again serves up a feast of blood, guts and gore; a buffet of raunchy sex and a tasty mouth watering story that you just can't get enough of.

Backwoods Horror With A Twist

Depraved is a perfect title for Bryan Smith's latest novel. It also could have been called Survivor. While there are plenty of depraved acts from the backwoods denizens of this book, it is the attempts to survive made by the victems of those denizens, that propel the plot. Everything takes place (I believe) within 24 hours, and those hours are packed with more violence, gore and depravity than you can shake a blood covered stick at. Smith also gives us a supernatural element that makes Depraved more than just a common cannibal redneck story. Demons, sex slaves, mutant freaks, flesh-eating backwoods clans and ordinary people doing ANYTHING to survive. What else can you ask for? How about one of the most over-the-top sex scenes ever put to paper? Come on, you know you want to read it.

Best horror novel in years!

To start off, I read this in March and was blown away by it....just finished a reread of it...and it got better. Remember when you read THAT novel...the one that made your mouth gape open while you tried to close your eyes because of the horror of the things occuring in the book? How about when reading Ketchum's THE GIRL NEXT DOOR? You got that feeling..a lot. Bryan Smith has produced what I believe to be THAT novel...the one that is referred to in that way...THAT novel. The one you pass to your friends with the caveat, "you won't beleive what Smith did..." The one that you hear other people mention under their breath. Yes, it is THAT great. DEPRAVED is a story about a man wanting a woman but her family won't....wait a minute, this novel is not that at all, heh heh. DEPRAVED explores the depth of degradation one takes, how one reacts to it...and what one does to extract safety or revenge...or both. It has everything a great classic horror novel should. Saying anymore than that really spoils the gut-wrenching intensity of the plot, the genius of the climax and the offensive horror within the book. Just buy it, read it...and then mention it as THAT novel to friends as you tell them to buy it. Oh and you know what? Smith's next book, THE KILLING KIND? It is darker and more offensive than DEPRAVED!