Sick Bastards

A Novel of Extreme Horror, Sex and Gore

By: Matt Shaw

Narrated by: Chris Barnes

Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

Warning: This is an extreme horror novel. There is gore. There is bad language. There are scenes of a sexual nature. But hidden underneath it all is also a chilling story. Please do not purchase this audiobook if you are easily shocked, disgusted or offended. This book is not for you.

A family will do anything to survive after a nuclear attack has left their world in ruins. Actions which even surprise them...

©2013 Matt Shaw (P)2015 Matt Shaw

Sick bastards

What was one of the most memorable moments of Sick Bastards?

The writing is superb,plot intense and of course sickening...in a good way...The book is sort of a "day after" zombie story.once you start reading you cant put it down even if you dont like what yout are listening you have find out the rest of the story..

Delightfully horrid.

Sometimes you just want to watch the world burn and see people revert into wretched monsters, and this book lowers the bar to all that, hits the ground and proceeds to get a shovel because it'll be damned if it's going to go halfway to hell.

ending saves the book

I wasn't going to give this as high of a rating until the end. the majority of the book is just sex with little to no thrill. but then the last few chapters happened. while slightly predictable, was a good enough change of pace to leave me satisfied at the end.

Nauseating Dystopian Horror Story

I'm a sucker for any fictional book with a warning label and damn..

This graphic hardcore book made me squirm. I listened to this book on audible with headphones but even with wearing headphones I would look over my shoulder to see if anyone else could hear.
This book was nauseating to say the least.
This book had a lot of WTF moments and ended with a holy shit ending.
It is a must read for fans of Extreme Horror!

for those who like REAL horror

great book, great narrative. about to read more of his books. sicker and sickest next.

For someone looking for a horror story

Highly recommend. Great story, has a great twist in the middle, with the perfect ending to the story. Very impressed.

Eh, I didn't find it to be all that extreme.

If you could sum up Sick Bastards in three words, what would they be?

Good Short Story.

Would you be willing to try another book from Matt Shaw? Why or why not?

Yes, i believe i'm going to listen to at least most of the ones read by Chris Barnes. While I didn't really find the book to be that extreme, and please don't get me wrong it is most certainly an over the edge book, i have listened to other stories that are FAR more intense then this. However it was a really entertaining listen and Chris Barnes does a fabulous job so I will definitely have to give the others a go.

What about Chris Barnes’s performance did you like?

Chris Barnes is a brilliant narrator. I found him to do a fantastic job with the various voices and tones required in the book and his overall tone of speech is wonderful to listen to. Chris Barnes has certainly made it on my list of narrators in the A class. I put him in the same catagory as Simon Vance, R.C. Bray and Whil Wheaton.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Unfortunately no, again i really did enjoy the story but it left me waiting for that over the top moment that just didn't seem to come.

Any additional comments?

I guess the last thing I would like to say is while an entertaining story, may I suggest a few titles such as The Troop, most of the books by Jack Kilborn and the books Tim and Tim2. These are disturbing books.

The Title Says It All

There was a moment where I really thought this was going to be JUST post-apocalyptic zombie killing book. I was wrong. This was vile, gut-wrenching, and psychotic with a side helping of "what would you do if you woke up not knowing who and where you are and who these 3 strangers are. It got wild. I loved it. There was also a side of cannibalism drizzled in maybe zombie appearances. The title says it all, but it's putting it lightly.

Fantastic!

I wasn't sure if this would have any kind of story behind the gore and sex that was mentioned. I have to say it was great. Not only graphic but it had a well thought out twisted story, interesting main character, and great narration. I will definitely be getting more books from this author and narrator in the future.

Not too extreme for me.

This was a bit of a let down. I didn't find anything to be too gross or graphic. The narrator was brilliant, though.

I think the warnings about gore, violence and sex being too extreme for some people was a brilliant marketing ploy.

I'm not purchasing any of the other stories.