Incel

Engaging from start to finish, Incel tells the story of Wayne a character you just know could have gone an entirely different way. You can tell that the author has done his research before putting the proverbial pen to the page, having watched the incel and other incel adjacent movements develop over the past several years I really feel like he captured the toxicity and appeal of it for the people that get ensnared into it really well.
I enjoyed how we kept going back and forth between moments where we could really feel for Wayne and moment where he was abject. This aspect in particular made the whole thing feel so real because people who end up messing you up for life are way too often more like that than the monsters we like to imagine.
While at heart this book is a cautionary tale about how easy it is to justify the things we do but that misery commit until we lose all sight of our humanity it's also part horror fest and there is a bit gore in there which is placed just so to make it as effective as it can be, I winced a couple of times.
Had this book been written by someone else I would have hesitated to pick it up based on the premise but having read, and loved, Duchossoy's first novella, Burden, I didn't hesitate too long when the opportunity to request an ARC of this book came up and I'm glad I didn't because it was seriously good.