- Crosses the Line Twice: Several times, like in the gruesome scene where Roy takes his revenge on the family dog Winston (who once mauled him as a child). This is a book that will have you both crying and laughing."I lit a couple of fireworks where the touchpaper was exposed around the dog's head and, following the instructions for safety, stood well back. Winston unfortunately chose to disregard the instructions."
- Harsher in Hindsight: Something only revealed towards the very end makes Roy much less sympathetic.
- Jerkass Woobie: Roy. He had a hellish childhood before he joins a gang of hooligans before they gang-rape a young woman. Roy, tormented with guilt, tries to commit suicide but ends up in his coma, unable to live with himself.
- Moral Event Horizon: Roy and his gang cross it. They kidnap and repeatedly gang-rape a young woman, only because she rejected their advances (actually she had a secret crush on Roy all along). When she recovers and takes her rapists to court, the four "respectable young men" are found innocent by the judge and jury. She becomes a twisted Empty Shell after this horrible ordeal.
- Nausea Fuel: The descriptions of Roy's mutilation of the dog and the final description of Roy's death.
- Nightmare Fuel: Roy's death at the hands of his rape victim.
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