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Original Title: | Cows |
ISBN: | 1840680059 (ISBN13: 9781840680058) |
Edition Language: | English |
Matthew Stokoe
Paperback | Pages: 188 pages Rating: 3.39 | 2167 Users | 326 Reviews
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In the book “COWS” by Matthew Stokoe we meet twenty five year old Stephen. Stephen lives holed up in his room, watching perfect lives on TV, dreaming of what it would be like to be safe, to be happy, to be loved and to be normal. Yet this is not to be. Stephen who lives with his mother, whom he calls “The Hogbeast”, and is convinced she is trying to kill him with her cooking and smother him with her hate. He also has a pet dog named DOG, whom is his only friend, and who’s back has been broken by “The HogBeast” by flinging a brick at the dog.Coincidentally, Stephen has started a new job at the slaughter house as the meat grinder (the end of the line so to speak). His new boss Cripps, an insane slaughter house foreman who preaches the gospel of self-empowerment through killing, encourages Stephen to become one of the cow killers (the beginning of the line) in order to become a “real man”.
Into the mix of bizarre characters we meet Lucy, the girl who lives in the apartment upstairs and spends her nights searching for the toxins she knows are collecting inside her body and who is obsessed with vivisection, and starts to believe there may be a ray of light in Stephens otherwise nightmarish life, but what follows is a collection of extreme violence, death, sex, bestiality, self-surgery, torture, and unthinkable perversions that make the Marquis de Sade seem like chicken little in Romper Room.
To make matters worse Steven is also forced to deal with a talking, plotting Guernsey. The cow, part of a herd that has escaped the slaughter house and now lives in tunnels under the city streets, along with a herd of other cows, wants to convince Steven to help them stop Cripps by killing him.
Whomever came up with the expression “Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” should just ought rethink that statement after reading this book which smashes all boundaries of good taste, and just may make you become a vegetarian.
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Title | : | Cows |
Author | : | Matthew Stokoe |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 188 pages |
Published | : | October 1st 1999 by Creation Books (first published 1997) |
Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Bizarro Fiction. Dark |
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Ratings: 3.39 From 2167 Users | 326 ReviewsAssess Out Of Books Cows
Not since the time of Jane Austen has there been such an interesting romance story as you will find in Cows.The first half of the book was weak, it was all about the shock value, look at how many times I can say c***. Not until Steven stands up to the Hagbeast does a plot start to develop. The evolution of the cows is great to read, I am pretty sure that you will find herds living under cities and those found in fields are just a front to distract you, I have never trusted them!Looking forwardThis is the most depraved thing I have ever read, yet was compelled onward for the first 2/3rds of the novel, as the parade of grotesqueries are presented so poetically, it was hard to stop. Still, I eventually did stop. I could not finish the book with only 40 pages left to go. Why didn't I finish it when I was that close to the end? Why didn't I just power through? Because no one is making me, and I don't have to if I don't want to. It was just too much, over and over, without respite, and and
What. The. Fuck.
Matthew Stokoe, Cows (Creation Books, 1997)I'm not normally one to preface a review, or even mention in a review, when a book is not appropriate for certain audiences. (I hope to have duped a few of the weak-stomached into reading, say, Peter Sotos or Pan Pantziarka, because they deserve being read). But I'm going to start this one by saying, quite bluntly, Cows is not for everyone. In fact, Cows may not be for anyone. It is scatological, offensive, disgusting, filled to the brim with sex,
This book had me second guessing what kind of warped /depraved brain I have lol.
*pukes a little in my mouth* Oh...... oh, my god. What have I done? What have I read?! I need to make an appointment with a therapist asap to help me deal with this. Why? Just why? I knew going in this would be a gross book but..... but....... *sobs uncontrollably*. Now whenever I see cows or hear the words cow on TV or in conversation I involuntarily shudder and say, "Ugh...... cows." and people look at me confused like I just simply have this irrational disgust of poor cows. You dont know
This may be the first time I've ever read a book almost entirely in one sitting simply because I wanted it to be over as quickly as possible.Aside from the fact that I'm reading it as part of a book club (which I happen to moderate, so I couldn't just bail; I've fumbled a couple lately...and now I wish I'd finished those and gotten to Pass Go and Collect $200 for this one), there was the fact that (and this is the only reason it's getting two stars at all) I felt compelled to see how this was
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