If you want to read a gory story about a pig with a bad eye, this is the one for you. It was definitely NOT for me. Pearl is a pig. A pig on a farm. A pig who is not like any other pig. He can manipulate people to do whatever he wants them to do. He has learned over time how to do it and he wants to show the world what he can do. The same morning, Pearl has decided this, three teenagers have embarked on a road trip to check out the farm and learn more about this pig that some people say "can tal...

MONSTERS COME IN MANY FORMS!People in town have always felt uncomfortable around Walter Koppel's farm especially around the pigs maybe one particular pig, Pearl. Pearl is a male pig and you would have to ask Walter why he named him Pearl and Pearl sits all day in his pen on his hind end, just like a chubby toddler boy with his front little legs just dangling in the air in front of him while it seems as if Pearl is just listening and watching, to who or what? Walter has no idea. What an unusual s...

My thanks to Random House/Ballantine/Del Rey books. Josh Malerman and Netgalley. This book was a hoot! The concept is all sorts of messed up, and that's probably why I loved it! Also, pigs scare the poop outta me! My sister raised pigs, and long story short? Don't ask Lisa to feed the pigs, because all that snorting pork rushing at me is terrifying! Panic? No. Full blown horror? Yes! Screams may have bubbled up. Thank goodness there wasn't iPhone's! For me, this really was a horror story. That d...

Hmmm… okay….this book is one of a kind! I don’t have a problem reading a book which has extra sensitive and intelligent pig as a main character. Since I read Charlotte’s Web and watched 1995’s Babe movie, they started growing on me! ( it doesn’t mean for me to work in farm and raise hundreds of them but you got the point! ) So the subject choice in this book about mind controlling pig who uses people till he gets enough information he needs! And the horrific part about our main character is his

Well, I'm feeling like the wool was pulled over my eyes, and not in a good way. For those thinking this is a new release by Malerman, this is actually a rerelease of a 2019 limited edition book called On This, the Day of the Pig. I won't be rating this publicly, as I couldn't get past the first chapter knowing this isn't what I thought I had signed up for, but if telepathic and psychotic pigs are your thing, then give this a try. 🤷🏼‍♀️*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy.

ugh. i have only just leaned about this book and it's long gone.This item is Out of Print and will not be available for purchase again.dammit.

I have a feeling that there are two kinds of people who are going to read this book, and those two kinds of people may experience a different reading. Specifically, I'm talking about people who eat pork and those who don't. If I had to guess I would say that Malerman is at least a vegetarian, but honestly I have no idea. I don't think you would need to be to write this novel, and you certainly don't need to be to enjoy it, but it has that undercurrent. However, Pearl the Pig isn't too worried ab...

Pearl, a horror book, was a solid 4 star read. I picked up Pearl as a fun October/spooky read (plus I’m a big fan of Malerman) and I fully admit that I enjoyed the book waaaaaayyyy more than I thought I would. A book about a murderous pig-sounds silly and insane, but it worked for me! I enjoyed the writing style, the plot and all the blood and gore the novel contained. Highly recommended to fans of horror/dark books.

It shouldn't work, but it did. Creepily. Some unsettling visualization in here. It's like NEEDFUL THINGS meets CARRIE meets CHARLOTTE'S WEB and maybe even a little bit of ANIMAL FARM. Every bit of it thrown in a blender and served with fried potatoes, eggs, and brimstone. Good job, Josh.

Closer to a 3.5Super unique and creepy horror novel that made me afraid of pigs?Reading vlog with more thoughts: https://youtu.be/rv-TLDKUE80

What's this, then? A novel about a psychic male pig named Pearl? Hell yeah, sign me up! Pearl was raised on a farm in the town of Chowder, just a short way from Goblin. Sherry was raised on that farm too and now she's back to visit her father, with her two boys in tow. On the farm are the usual animals, and a malformed pig named Pearl. Something is wrong with one of his eyes, but that's not all that's wrong with him. Sherry has been wary of Pearl her entire life, and in fact asked when she was s...

I'm feeling a little bit duped here if I'm being honest. I was so excited to see Malerman had a new book out and the synopsis while vague was so intriguing. I was expecting something sinister and creepy. So when I cracked open this arc imagine my surprise when I realized this is a re-released book under a new title. The old title was "On This, the Day of the Pig" and had it kept that title and cover I would have NEVER requested this. Again, I wanted a sinister and creepy reading experience but w...

Holy crap where do I even begin with this book!?!? For the first fifteen pages I thought this was going to be the stupidest shit I had ever read. A telepathic pig making people want to kill all the while demanding them to "sing for me." It seemed lame. Then I kept on goin' and from page twenty on it was non-stop terror. I wrote about his book Malorie that Malerman has a very in-your-face style of writing and while it didn't work for me with Malorie it did in Bird Box and definitely here with Pea...

Had I known what this was, I would have passed..not that I’m against re-releases, but no thank you, I mean, a killer pig? A telepathic and psychotic pig at that?!?!Next time I pass a farm, I may in fact have a nightmare, so thanks for that.Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine Del Rey for the arc.

I'm glad I bought the limited, exclusive cover, signed edition from Cemetery Dance.This one is HORROR, full stop!Malerman is not dancing the line or skirting the edges, he's square in the middle of traditional horror. PEARL is a Creature/Monster/Animal horror story about an unusual pig.Where Wilbur was "some pig" and an asset to his family farm in CHARLOTTE'S WEB, Pearl the Pig is an absolute terror.Pearl is a large, male pig with telekinetic power and a "bad eye" which is actually his "good eye...

Honestly, this book was pretty bad. I loved the author’s Birdbox, but this one was a far cry from that one.With allusions to Charlotte’s Web, we meet the ultimate evil in the form of a pig named Pearl. This pig is no Wilbur, and is able to somehow get into the minds of all, bending them to his will.It was bizarre, weird, lacked that supposed quality evil stories possess. Such a disappointment really! Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this newly published book.

This was such a creepy read!! Pearl is a telepathic pig… yes, I said telepathic pig. Which is much more freaky than it sounds. And our protagonists are basically a small group of people against Pearl. The male pig, btw. Sheesh, the moment I found out we were up against a pig, I started to have my doubts on the whole story. But holy cow, (sorry, there will be farm references in this review!! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️) I was hooked in quickly and had trouble putting this down. Actually, embarrassingly enough, th...

This hardcover is limited to 1000 copies and is signed by Josh Malerman.