This is underwhelming mostly because it is such a promising idea and story that just fumbles its own execution in almost every way. it feels like the author is indulging in the tragic dysfunction of a sapphic relationship. the characters are kind of like outdated caricatures of a traumatized needy sub and a demanding mommy dom lesbian. It's also kind of icky for a man to write a story about a mentally ill lesbian who is of course determined to have a baby. instead there's the brutal slaying of a salamander, and consumption of raw meat and bugs as part of a quest to host a parasite.
it's an interesting theme, but i'm glad the book didn't include any ACTUAL human vore. or to consume someone because you know it's what's best for them. My friend and i both read this in one sitting tonight, and somehow she predicted the vore from the very beginning! to love someone enough to want to consume them. much of the visceral nastiness seems to be there for shock value. there's no character development, and very little emotional resonance. i also enjoy the themes of loneliness and misguided devotion.īut the ending is abrupt, and the book doesn't feel as meaningful as i'd hoped. i was extremely intrigued, and interested to watch their relationship quickly evolve from respectful friendship to demanding sugar mommy situation.
I love the premise: a short novella in epistolary format, chronicling the odd relationship between two women over emails and IMs in the year 2000. The book's acknowledgements describe it as a "bizarre fantasy of manipulation and depravity" and a "macabre tale of online lust and perversion" and a "nasty little nugget of terror." but i mostly just thought it was gross.
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