Book review by Corey
Full Brutal
Full Brutal follows Kim White, a teenage girl who looks like she has everything together on the outside but is hiding something much darker underneath. As she starts testing how far she can manipulate the people around her, the story gets nastier, more calculated, and way more disturbing than I expected. I knew pretty quickly this wasn’t going to be a normal horror story.
What worked for me was how cold and controlled Kim can be while everything around her keeps getting worse. She’s not easy to like, but I was still interested in what she was going to do next. The book is extremely graphic and definitely pushes things for shock, but there’s also a strong psychological side to it that makes the violence feel tied to who Kim is rather than just being there for gore.
The Goods
- Kim is a really memorable main character
- Strong psychological horror
- Very dark, nasty atmosphere
- Fast pacing
- The manipulation side is genuinely disturbing
The Bads
- Extremely graphic
- Some scenes feel deliberately shocking
- Kim can be hard to connect with
- The cruelty can get exhausting
- Definitely not for sensitive readers
My Recommendation
This is really for readers who already know they like extreme horror, splatterpunk, and stories with deeply unlikeable characters. Kim is what makes the book stand out because she’s so calculated and hard to predict, and I kept second-guessing how far she was actually willing to go. If you like dark psychological horror with manipulation, cruelty, and a lot of graphic content, Full Brutal is one of those books that’s hard to forget.
