Have you ever read a work that struck you as more brutal or sexual than you ever would have guessed?

Have you ever picked up a book with no real expectations, but were nonetheless surprised by its violence, sexuality, or anything else of a disturbing nature? I read East of Eden every couple of years and I still pick up things I hadn’t noticed before. Steinbeck’s works are by and large layered like a comedian who tells his best jokes when people are still laughing from the last one. I do remember it being a lot more brutally violent and sexually disturbing than I expected it to be when I read it first as a freshman.