#playground Aron Beauregard

[gayraltofrivia]

another splatterpunk novel that people on tumblr seem to have some...interesting takes on.

to the people saying it was too much, too gory, too graphic, etc., i beg you to do more research on books before picking them up. there is LITERALLY a warning at the beginning of this book. complaining about the gore and dead-dove-esque content of a splatterpunk novel is like complaining that there are cows at a cow farm.

to the people calling the metaphors and descriptions shit, to each their own, but consider some of the wording and descriptions were written to be somewhat satirical, and even ridiculous.

and to everyone calling this meaningless gore, did we read the same novel? because imo playground is a very good example of a splatterpunk novel that also puts work into fleshing out characters, motivations, emotion, etc. it very clearly wasn't meaningless gore. think critically.

i've read two splatterpunk/extreme horror novels in the past week and i've come to the conclusion that tumblr just doesn't like splatterpunk as a concept

[dateamonster]

the time i went to a local horror con and aron beauregard author of booktok infamous splatterpunk/extreme horror novel "playground" was there and i was like if i make eye contact with this man hes going to know i pirated his book and rated it 1.5 stars and started walking faster

[underdog1224557]

So I listened Aaron Beauregard’s book Playground a couple days ago, absolutely loved it. I decided to listen to The Slob by the same author and I’m really not as into it. In fact I kind of hate it.

What I want in a splatterpunk book is PLOT! I want comedy, drama, gore, and a HAPPY ending! Like yeah this book is just a woman goes into a house, gets assulted a lot, and leaves…great for telling me? I don’t care! I want stuff to happen!! That’s why I liked playground so much, not only was there the drama of the kids situation, but there was also the adults trying to “crack” Rock and make him admit that he essentially hates what he is doing. The part with Rock was actually much more interesting to me than the kids. I know what will happen with the kids, but with rock and the adults there’s more of an internal struggle than external. Although I will say during the “skateboarding” scene I audibly was SCREAMING!!

Again I want a book that will not only make me audibly gasp but make me invested in the characters. I love splatterpunk but I feel like so much of it is just rape and murder with nothing else, I want a STORY to read!! Not just some case file of what happened to someone.

Anyway:

Playground by Aron Baeregard I would give a 10/10

Slob by Aron Beauregard I didn’t actually finish becuase I didn’t like it, but I would give it a 3/10

Ps. also haha if anyone knows good splatterpunk books with a dash of humor maybe u could reccomend me some idk maybe if you want to

[thecourtofgraywaves]

Warden Walker > Geraldine Borden

Bryce Tankthrust > Geraldine Borden

Junko Enoshima > Geraldine Borden

Mona Lanius > Geraldine Borden

[cherrybugbite]

everyone who’s read playground by aron beauregard what was the worst part of the book for you to read? for me the hardest part was easily the slide scene with bobby and sadie…it made me really sad:(

[nerdby]

Downloaded TikTok and took a stroll through booktok only to realize today's teens do not get satire. Which, to be fair, I didn't really either until someone explained that the movie American Psycho and is making fun of the intelligent psychopath trope used in horror movies. So like lemme just say if you guys are reading the splatterpunk novel Playground by Aron Beauregard and are wondering what the fuck is wrong this author?

Nothing is wrong with them. The book is satire about pearlclutching helicopter parents -- think Moms For Liberty -- who are making things like swingsets disappear from playgrounds. Which is bad cause rather than your kid getting a scrapped knee it means they're gonna end up spending more time indoors cause there's NOTHING to do outside. This is especially bad for kids in low income neighborhoods who can't afford Wifi or video games.

Especially since these hate groups (Moms For Liberty) are also behind the book bans.

So that's the point of the book, and if you're wondering how you can possibly keep your kid safe on the playground without caving to thinly veiled white supremacist soccor moms maybe

Try PUTTING DOWN YOUR PHONE and GOING TO THE PARK WITH THEM so you can watch them and make sure they don't get hurt. And don't forget the first-aid kit.

Crazy idea, I know.

[riddlore]

oh i’m sick :((

[sock-hops]

Me reading Playground by Aron Beauregard pages 38-50

[interrcostals]

I'm about 4/5ths of the way thru Beauregard's Playground.

I enjoy splatterpunk as the next weirdo, but his metaphors & hyperbole are awful. I've had to put this book down several times because it's completely taken me out of the moment.

[natriae]

playground spoilers

im gonna live my life pretending the grimleys went on the live a happy life with their children 🫶🙏

[nikosdaydreams]

been reading "playground" by aron beauregard and realised that the playground itself sounds like something that would happen in my imagination

spoilers in the tags

[residences-of-the-darkforest]

oh, and for anyone curious, the specific book is Playground by Aron Beauregard, and I got into it because a friend told me that "most people cannot get past the first 40 pages"

Don't get me wrong, the 40-page mark and the chapter following it is definitely....interesting to say the least, and not at all because of death or gore, which is what I thought going in.

And this isn't to make fun of people that would find that stuff disturbing, cause the book does have detailed scenes of kids violently dying, I mean that's what the whole book is about, but me personally I didn't mind it (but also I personally really enjoy super dark and graphic stuff anyway).

Honestly my biggest problem with the book is when it fed you meanings of scenes instead of just letting you figure that out for yourself like when it called one bully-kid a "puppet of his father" instead of just letting the reader figure that out. But also it's not really meant to be a "think about this" book, it's just there for you to either enjoy the violence or be revolted by it.

And enjoy it, I did.

I've made a post like this before but I still find it hilarious when I see videos called something like "THIS BOOK BROKE ME" or "DO NOT READ THIS, IT IS DISTURBING" about something I've read and enjoyed.

[dateamonster]

i saw on your storygraph that youve read Playground by Aron Beauregard and gave it 1.5 stars. a coworker told me about the book and i was debating if i should read or if it would just be mental torment. what were your thoughts on the book?

first of all yayy i love when people check out my storygraph! now about playground, i should give a sorta disclaimer that i try not to rate books predominantly based on like my own enjoyment of them or agreement with the text as much as on how well i think the author achieved what they seemed to be trying to do. i didnt hate the book. at least, ive seen a lot of people responding to it with this sentiment of like "wtf a book like this should never have been made" and i seriously disagree with that. that said, i just don't think its very good lol.

imo it falls into the trap a lot of indie extreme horror writing does where it feels so in love with its own gratuitous grossness and shock value that it loses a lot of its impact as a whole. the writings not bad, most of the time, but you can sorta tell which scenes were the author really straining to disturb the audience as much as possible, and its not like it was entirely unaffective. just... mostly.

storywise... there were a lot of characters and most of them got very little development, especially the ones that actually stood to be somewhat interesting. it rushes pretty quick into the horror so theres not really any sense of anticipation, and from there its just kind of beat after beat after beat with no escalation or sense of resolution. there are aspects i find interesting- a multi level saw trap styled after a massive playground is a really fun concept imo, and the dynamics of one particular family make me wish it was kinda just about that family so the story could go deeper into their unique disfunctions, but the end result didnt really do it for me.

i think theres a lot of attention payed to the more shocking, grotesque aspects of the book in an "omg what did i just read aaa get the eye bleach" kinda way, and thats fair lol its pretty intense, but imo that discussion kinda distracts from the fact that its just really not a very good story. id probably check out a future book of arons because i think theres potential for growth but playground was not it for me.

thats my review! if it sounds like something youd be interested in evaluating for yourself, go for it! imo i dont think theres anything to be lost by reading a even bad book for yourself. but like definitely worth looking up the content warnings if you do.

[positively-peachy-143]

Wailing and gnashing my teeth PLEASE SOMEONE LET ME YAP AB THAT PLAYGROUND SPLATTERPUNK BOOK. 🙏 guys I am begging I love it sm I've read it a gazillion times. I am CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO YAP AB THIS.

[thecourtofgraywaves]

You’re better off having a double-feature viewing of Holes and Apaches rather than reading Playground.

[cherrybugbite]

Opinions on CJ from the playground book…

I genuinely put the book down at the seesaw I was rooting for him 🥲

CJ was my favourite character by far! the seesaw almost made me cry i’m ngl so you’re not alone there

i thought his death fell very flat in a way? like it was very anticlimactic, he got through allll of that just to fall unconscious and die at the very end? i thought it was kind of stupid lmao. he was by far the best character in my opinion (though it was kind of slim pickings lol)