Coup de Grâce
Readers rate it 2.7 (28 on Hardcover)
133 pages · Released Oct 1, 2024 · Titan Books (US, CA)
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A note for parents
This is a dark psychological horror novel centered on suicidal ideation, depression, and mental illness—not appropriate for young readers. The protagonist attempts suicide at the book's premise and spends the narrative trapped in a nightmarish, surreal space confronting despair and potential self-harm. While it explores serious themes with literary merit, the pervasive focus on suicidal thoughts, body horror, and existential dread makes it suitable only for mature teen and adult readers with resilience for heavy psychological content.
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From the publisher
BRAM STOKER AWARD WINNER. "A harrowing exploration of the expanding labyrinth of despair and the self." Paul Tremblay. A mindbending and visceral experimental horror about a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal subway station, perfect for readers of Mark Z. Danielewski and Susanna Clarke. Vicken has a plan: throw... BRAM STOKER AWARD WINNER. "A harrowing exploration of the expanding labyrinth of despair and the self." Paul Tremblay. A mindbending and visceral experimental horror about a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal subway station, perfect for readers of Mark Z. Danielewski and Susanna Clarke. Vicken has a plan: throw himself into the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal and end it all for good, believing it to be the only way out for him after a lifetime of depression and pain. But, stepping off the subway, he finds himself in an endless, looping station. Determined to find a way out again, he starts to explore the rooms and corridors ahead of him. But no matter how many claustrophobic hallways or vast cathedral-esque rooms he passes through, the exit is nowhere in sight. The more he explores his strange new prison, the more he becomes convinced that he hasn’t been trapped there accidentally, and amongst the shadows and concrete, he comes to realise that he almost certainly is not alone. A terrifying psychological nightmare from a powerful new voice in horror.
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- Fiction
- Unloveable Characters
- Character driven
- Weak Character Development
- Not Diverse Characters
- Liminal
- dark
- tense
- sad
- mysterious
- reflective
- challenging
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ISBN 9781803369631 · Titan Books (US, CA)