Robin’s Review of Our Emotions Make Us Monsters

Our Emotions Make Us Monsters

They live, they laugh, they love, they feed. Spirits beyond time have come to be the very embodiment of every emotion man has. When they have decided that you amuse them, you become nothing but their plaything. They will rip your soul and body asunder, just for the taste of your sweet emotions. They will force you to their will as they play with you, as they play the game only they know the rules to. Our emotions drive us to do things we regret, things we must pay for, Our Emotions Make Us Monsters.

PJ Verfall is the author of 2024’s shocking extreme horror debut Faceless, which left readers with their jaws on the floor. With this follow up, Verfall is firmly establishing himself as an important voice in the realm of extreme horror.

Robin’s Review

Triggers: extreme horror, body horror, graphic violence, possession, manipulation, torture, emotional abuse, nihilism

What Did I Just Walk Into?

Cosmic mood gods treat humans like stress balls, bodies get used like rental cars that never get returned, and feelings are the designer drugs of choice. Think Inside Out if it flunked therapy and joined a death cult.

Here’s What Slapped:

Big idea horror that actually commits, emotions as apex predators is a deliciously nasty hook.

Viscera with vision, the gore serves the theme not just the splatter count.

Tight chapters, brisk pacing, no time to check your pulse before it spikes again.

Verfall’s voice feels confident, Faceless kicked the door in, this one redecorates with blood and brains.

What Could’ve Been Better:

A few side characters feel like snacks, tasty but gone too fast.

Perfect for Readers Who Love:

Clive Barker’s bitey metaphysics, Eric LaRocca’s beautiful cruelty, Kealan Patrick Burke’s bleak heart, and any story where human skin is a fragile suggestion.

Sum Up: Mean, imaginative, and weirdly elegant, this book reminds you that feelings are messy, monsters are patient, and you are extremely edible.

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