Soooo admission first, a friend sent me a photo of this book cover and description "Fight Tub: The story of a man who became his bathroom." and we had a good chuckle over it. But, then curiosity took over...I mean, who doesn't want to know how a man became his bathroom? And so, it slid into my downloads.

Being honest, I didn't have high expectations about this "bizarro fiction" so I am pleasantly surprised to admit I actually enjoyed this! While the storyline is whacked, the writing is great, the character building fantastic and the humour really got me.

I literally had laugh out loud moments to lines like, “I turned my head to examine the handle that was forming in my right ear. It looked to be a toilet flusher. I thought what the hell and give it a little push then immediately pissed myself.”

It's a short read (or listen) and it is nice to work your imagination into the visuals of this! Solid 4 stars for the most bizarre plot I think I have ever read.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the audio book download!

This is the best in the series so far!

Great cover buy!

The book … absurd. A resident of 8th Block Tower slowly morphs into his toilet. Yes. and nearly everyone ignores his transformation. It’s just priceless.

Another great narration.

This is a new genre for me & I’m really enjoying it!

I would first like to thank William Pauley III for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review. When I came across this book title and artwork I was automatically drawn in, as a huge fan of fight club, I had to at least give this book a go. It did not disappoint. I wasn't expecting much, but this book had me laughing at loud at parts and at others I was cringing. You could say I experienced a wide array of emotions, which goes to show how well written this book is. This book makes me want to pick up others by Pauley, his writing style sucked me in and the narration was perfection.

Super bizarre and a little too strange for me. The fight club aspect that was constantly referenced was very annoying considering how the main character kept saying that they weren’t in a fight club. Someone else might like this more than I did.

I went into this expecting more of the strange horror-esque writing Pauley is known for. What I WASN’T expecting was a deeply relatable take on capitalism and what it’s like to have a chronic illness you can’t afford. Like the second book in the series, Fight Tub follows one story rather than multiple shorter ones. One of the residents of 8th block tower suddenly starts seeing his body parts replaced by plumbing and tries to figure out how to hide his disease while also fighting off an annoying coworker who wants to keep drawing attention to his ailment by accusing him of being a member of a secret fight club. Totally normal, right? Actually, if you take out the tiny little fact that our main character is turning into his bathroom, the rest of his story is highly relatable. Working a job you don’t like, fighting for a promotion just so you can afford healthcare, pushing through an incredibly debilitating illness because you can’t afford to miss work, the stress that comes when unexpected bills show up, and it really just keeps going. I would go as far as to say that this is my favorite story of the series so far. Things are changing at the office, stop by and see if this is the job for you! (Just don’t mind the giant gaping mouth in the break room- we’re working on it).

This is the only title in the series I haven’t reviewed yet, so I gotta clear some things up:

I’ve been referring to this as the Eighth Block Tower series. It is actually called the Bedlam Bible series. Guess that ol’ tower really does mess with your head, huh?

I didn’t exactly love FIGHT TUB the first time I read it. Since I’ve finished the series, this one has much like the bathroom based body horror grown on me over time. Heh.

So short summary, our protagonist has contracted a contagious disease in which he is literally turning into his bathroom. All the bells and whistles, er, knobs and flushers. His coworker thinks he’s covering up for being in an actual fight club, like the one from the popular book and movie. Others are showing signs they’ve contracted the disease. And, is he in a Fight Club? Pretty sure he’s in a Fight Club I mean, come on.

This story as you could have guessed connects to the larger scope of the series, but what’s great is it reads more as a standalone tale, sort of a dial in on the tower shit, like WHITE FUZZ, or HOLUS BOLUS. It’s a lot of fun and a perfect example of why I’m glad I’ve made another run through this series!

Fight Tub by William Pauley III is the forth book in the The Bedlam Bible. This books have been fun to listen to and this one is about a man who became his bathroom Totally Bonkers! But fun to listen to.

I loved it.

What a crazy book!

I was really questioning what this book could be about but after listening to the audiobook I'm not sure I could even explain. That said I loved the insaneness of it. I'll be searching for another book by the same author.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for gifting me this arc in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.

"what the f did i just read"

This was honestly a fun read! If you're looking for something to listen to that is very quick AND has a decent plot and is actually written well, I highly recommend this (audio)book. I'll definitely read/listen to the other books as well when I'm looking for a 'no-brainer' book to delve into. The only reason why this isn't a 5 star read is because it simply didn't give me the 5 star feels (even 4) but there's nothing I would change in this book. Great work!

This is the first of William Pauley III although I have seen his name float around in the horror/bizarre circles. I read /listened to this as a stand.alone as I noticed there are a few in the series. After doing some research, it was quickly established that, all the Bedlam Bible series can be read as stand alone. I was completely drawn by the storyline and the book cover.

The narrator, Connor Brannigan was excellent for this book. A great steady, melodic voice, with great pacing. Just enough variant in tone not to send you to sleep but not too buoyant either. I will be hunting more books read by this narrator.

The story itself is a nice quick read/listen. It astonishes me how authors can either take their time to character and world build ( which I love ) or when authors cut to the chase. William really does cut to the chase and buckled the characters immediately and does it well. The whole idea that the MC can turn into a bathroom, going from thinking he has a virus/disease to having a toilet flusher in his ear sounds absurd but my goodness, it done well. There are some great laugh out loud moments which I really didn't expect.

If you love freakishly surreal and well written horror story. You will love this,

Thank you William Pauley iii and Netgalley for letting me read this ARC

Hahahaha what?? Yeah, this actually is a story about a guy who becomes a bathroom! Weirdest medical condition I've ever heard of.

If you're holding off because you're afraid of gross-out humor and/or horror, don't worry. It's hilarious, got great narration, surprisingly strong characters, and it's endlessly entertaining.

Don't fall asleep in your bathtub, drowning isn't the only thing you need to be worried about in the Eight Block Tower.

I don’t think I’ve ever read something as interesting as this book. The premise grabbed me immediately and I honestly thought of Kafka’s Metamorphosis at first. It’s been a while since I read that one so I’ll have to go back and do a comparison but it’s not the same. It is closer to something like Grady Hendrix, so if you like him and wanting something different this is it.

I listened to the audiobook and the narrator is perfect! His reading of “It’s not a fight club Karl!” is hilarious.

I was not aware that this was a series and now I’m intrigued to read more. Perfect story for beginning of spooky season. The supporting characters of Layla, Mr Kim, and Karl are perfect. I can picture them in an office and I’m sure if you’ve worked in a large company, you have your version of each of these.

Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to review this one.

LOL 😂 this small novella is something! The funniest story so far in the Bedlam Bible series. This is a stand alone story but perfectly connected to the series by its weirdness, and of course the location is the “Tower”. I am unexpectedly so much enjoying the series. I really would love if there will be the graphic books, it will be so much fan. The author did amazing job here to connect together the horror, romance and comedy.
I listened the audiobook and also wanted to emphasize the amazing job of the narrator.
Thanks to NetGalley for this audio book.

This book is absolutely ridiculous in the best way possible. Full of WTF moments, I laughed so much and just generally let go of myself to enjoy the absolute absurdity.

Thanks to NetGalley for my copy of this book. This book is creepy, some parts are humorous to me, and so strange. I love these little novellas!

Thank you to NetGalley, Doom Fiction, and William Pauley III for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

This book was bizarre, wacky and funny. I laughed out loud once or twice, but generally had a smile on my face for the entire book. I can honestly say that I have not ever read this type of book before, but I needed a quick afternoon pick me up and this definitely provided it.

The narrator was excellent! I love the characters, Carl was my favorite. I loved the romance. It was a very short read, but I did enjoy it.

I would say more about the plot, but we all know the first rule about fight tub…….

This was absolutely bonkers and I really enjoyed it. I had a long car journey as a passenger and this made the time fly by. The story was crazy and the narrator was amazing, all the vocal nuances were brilliant.

ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Guy who has only read The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, reading his second book: Getting a lot of 'The Metamorphosis' vibes from this...

It's literally about what the title and the blurb say. Nothing more, nothing less. I expected something more in line with the other books in the series - but instead of weird horror, I found a (bad) comedy set in an office.

I had issues with the female character as well - just as I did the other times I read books by the same author. However this time my younger brother was in the car with me while I listened to the audiobook, and he said "this whole thing reeks of incel". When I asked for explanations, he said he didn't know wheter it was only the main character who was supposed to sound like this, as the narrating voice, or if it was the author himself behind it who couldn't tell what he was writing. It was the only time I laughed the whole duration of the book.

So I don't think the whole "romantic" aspect was necessary - but if the romance was supposed to be an important piece of the story, if the female love interest was supposed to love the main character no matter what he looks like or whatever it is you're searching for in your life, you should have shown me the love, not told me of it. I can't see what's not there no matter how you point it at me.

Nice narration, as usual, but apparently not enough to make me interested in the story.

Hilarious take on Fight Club. Loved the MC and other characters. Great humor In the writing and very unique story.
Thank you to @netgalley and the publisher for an AudioARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.