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EVERY PLAYGROUND HAS A PROTOTYPEGeraldine Borden has realized that there's one thing her bottomless wealth can't grant her: children. When an attempt to remedy her infertility fails, she's left with nothing but rage, jealousy, and a murderous idea. She aims to take a place that all children adore and transform it into a twisted arena of carnage. And while her true masterpiece is still under construction, she seeks to entertain herself with a crude prototype filled with barbaric backyard games.Several children from a small New England city have gone missing under mysterious circumstances. This group of kids—who once believed fractured family and teen angst were their toughest battles—now have a whole new set of problems. With no parents to guide them, will the children thrust into Geraldine's nightmare world have the grit and determination to escape? Or will they fall victim to their sadistic captor?The much-anticipated prequel to Aron Beauregard's controversial book "Playground" revisits some of the author's most reprehensible characters and pushes the limits of incendiary literature even further.WARNING: This book contains graphic content. Listener discretion is advised. Read more
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Format: Kindle
Every playground has a prototype… and this prequel proves it in the most haunting, unforgettable way possible. I absolutely loved Playground: Child of Divorce. Aron Beauregard has a way of dragging readers into the ugliest corners of the human mind, and this book does exactly that while showing how Playground came to be. It’s disturbing, raw, and emotionally heavy—but also incredibly well-crafted. As dark as it gets, every page feels intentional. You can tell there’s meaning behind the madness. This prequel does more than just set up the original—it deepens it. We see the origins of Geraldine Borden’s twisted obsessions, her desperation for control, and the warped “motherhood” that fuels her cruelty. It’s equal parts psychological horror and human tragedy. Watching how her pain and envy spiral into something so monstrous gives the Playground story a chilling new layer of realism. What really stood out to me was how the children’s side of the story was handled. They’re not just victims; they’re survivors navigating fear, grief, and fractured family dynamics in the most unimaginable circumstances. That mix of innocence and horror is what makes this book hit so hard—it feels painfully real even in its insanity. The tone is dark and insane, yes—but that’s exactly what makes it so gripping. Beauregard doesn’t hold back, and the result is a brutal, relentless story that sticks with you long after you’ve finished. It’s the kind of book that makes you uncomfortable in the best possible way, the kind that reminds you why horror can be so powerful when it’s done right. If you thought Playground was wild, Child of Divorce will leave you speechless. It’s brutal, twisted, and tragic—a perfect storm of pain, imagination, and horror that only Aron Beauregard could deliver.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2025 by Meow777
Format: Kindle
One thing that always struck me about the first Playground was how deeply sadistic it was. The gore, the violence, the true stomach spasms caused by the grotesqueness grip you throughout the whole story. Child of divorce is no different. It was interesting to experience the prototype and also the demise of nearly every child. The suffering was truly tragic and horrifying. The ending was satisfying and this prequel was certainly worth the wait.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2025 by Stormy83199
Format: Kindle
There are stories that shock. There are stories that disturb. And then there is Playground: Child of Divorce, a splintered mirror held up to the rawest impulses of survival nestled within innocent flesh. In this prequel to Playground, Beauregard strips away everything familiar and safe about childhood to expose the fierce, elemental will to live that can burn brightest in the most harrowing darkness. Geraldine Borden, wealthy and hollowed by her own unmet yearning for children, fashions a grotesque prototype of her future playground, not a place of laughter and scraped knees, but a crucible of terror where children are not just preyed upon, but pushed to rebel against despair itself. Several kids from a New England town, already bruised by fractured families and the psychological toll of divorce, are yanked from the tenuous threads of normal life and plunged into a nightmare of barbaric backyard games come alive as lethal tests. What Child of Divorce does at its core is refuse to let innocence remain a passive state. Here, survival instinct is not an abstraction, it is the heartbeat of every choice, every trembling breath in the shadow of Geraldine’s hellish contraptions. These are children who must grow up not in years, but in moments, learning to fight, to think, to outwit agony itself if they are to see another dawn. The way Beauregard threads this psychological evolution into the bone-grinding horror is what separates this from mere shock value. It’s not just violence; it’s the revelation of how the human spirit claws its way back from the brink when every safe harbor has been burned. The novel also deepens the thematic soil of Playground proper. In the original, the children are thrust into a fully realized labyrinth of engineered death. In Child of Divorce, we see the prototype both of the hellish playground and of the emotional states that shape who survives and how they survive. Because when innocence is assaulted, the question becomes not just can they live, but what kind of life will they bring back from the edge? That psychological probing, the visceral juxtaposition of dread and determination, is where this book finds its ugly beauty. Beauregard’s prose doesn’t flinch. It courts discomfort, it conjures nausea, it demands you stay with the children as they move from shock to strategy, from fear to resolve. For readers drawn to horror that interrogates the human condition, especially how survival claws its way up from instinct to intention even in children — this prequel offers that introspection wrapped in the visceral. There are no easy answers here. Only the hard truth that when innocence is weaponized against itself, the will to endure becomes a feral thing, terrifying, tenacious, and unforgettable. Verdict: Playground: Child of Divorce is not merely a companion to Playground. It is its psychological heartbeat, a grim yet compelling journey into how survival instinct can forge maturity in the crucible of horror. It’s brutal, yes. But underneath the gore lies a stark meditation on humanity’s fiercest drive: to live, against all odds.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2025 by Steven S.
Format: Kindle
I liked this one. It wasn't as good as the first one but I enjoyed the writing and ingenuity of the author. The illustrations were really cool too. If you're in the mood for a brutal and extreme horror then this may be the book for you!
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2025 by Elle G.
Format: Kindle
This book takes us back to Geraldine’s first ever prototype of the playground — except this time, there are no parents. The children here have been kidnapped and forced into a nightmare that feels like a Jigsaw-level horror show. The group of kids in this story is much more tolerable and even likable than the last, which makes their ordeal hit even harder. Poor Rock… Geraldine is completely unhinged, and the things she forces him to endure are as disturbing as they are unforgettable. And then there’s Mildred. Absolutely brutal. The reveal of what Mildred really is left me stunned — it’s one of those moments where your jaw truly drops. The ending caught me completely off guard in the best way, and I couldn’t put the book down. I jumped straight into it after finishing my last read and devoured it in a single sitting, about two and a half hours. Aron Beauregard’s twisted imagination and sharp storytelling never fail to impress. He continues to prove why he’s one of the most daring voices in extreme horror, and I’m already looking forward to whatever he comes up with next.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2025 by Ney Ney
Format: Paperback
Horror obsessed GF loves this, MASSIVELY messed up book though.. Reader discretion is advised.
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2025 by Customer G