Chlorine A Novel

Drowning in Horror

Bewertung (Mitglied der Book Circle Community) am 21.01.2026
Bewertungsnummer: 3019129
Bewertet: Buch (Gebundene Ausgabe)

Chlorine is horror in its purest form or rather, a deep exploration of how far horror can go. Jade Song delves into the dark side of competitive swimming, adolescence and pressures from all the sides. Blending racism and misogyny with a slow, chilling descent into madness. The story is tense and suffused with dread. As a reader you know something is coming, but not when, how or why. The book also serves as a bitterly honest portrait of growing up as a girl in a patriarchal society, in a culture that fetishizes women’s bodies. Song handles this with raw realism rather than pure shock value, making it gut-wrenching and profoundly haunting. This isn’t a book for new horror readers! Chlorine is intense! It’s perfect for anyone ready to confront darkness that feels all too real. But even for me, some chapters and scenarios were almost too much to handle. All in all, Jade Song is an author to watch, and I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for their future work.

kluges Buch, zu wenig Meerfrauen

miriam.cologne am 07.10.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2619251
Bewertet: Buch (Gebundene Ausgabe)

Chlorine“ ist ein Coming-of-Age-Roman, roh und intensiv. Er spricht klug über Körper, Druck und Selbstfindung, mit starken Bildern für innere Zerrissenheit. Leider verliert er sich aber etwas im Warten auf die am Anfang versprochenen Meerfrauen-Thematik. Das bleibt dann doch eher Metapher als Magie.