Taste: Part I of the
Consumption Trilogy: Well, I, erm... where
to start!
A true loves tale with
a strange obsession?
Told in a fantastic
conversational way, as part of a post bereavement confession to a
"friend", this short tale tells of a young women’s obsession that
just goes a little far even for obsessives! not sure I want my floors that
shiny!
As I read my eyes got
wider and wider at the story she was telling and at the end I just wanted to
run out the door and I was sitting in my own house!
AMD has such a
"fire side" element to her tales; they leave you with goose bumps and
a funky taste.
Sweetness (Part II of
the Consumption Trilogy): Who hasn't had a dream
about killing their spouse? (nobody? whoops!)
The second in this
trilogy which is focused around obsession and eating/tasting? The descriptions
are tangible; I could almost smell the strawberries.
This time it’s told
from Bruce’s PoV he explains his lack of focus and sense of dismay as his world
and body fall apart; clinging on to the hope that Serge the Haitian student can
help him.
Half way through he
discovers Marah’s licking but decides to do an about turn and go get coffee
instead, here he meets a current student of his who he delightfully thinks
would skin him alive and wear him as a suit, now that’s an image! As if poor
Bruce does not have enough to contend with.
As things continue to
deteriorate AMD forces a climax that I was not so pleased to endure, it was
good, don’t get me wrong, it was just uncomfy to witness; the intended emotion
I assume.
Feast
(Part III of the Consumption Trilogy): Marah has finally succumbed to the Hunger
demon that is trying to consume her.
She has become a shell
which just exudes evil. The things it has made her do on her journey to seek
salvation are wonderful described in a sort of sideways glance, did I really
see that style.
She meets Father Shaw
in a back water church on Xmas eve, such are AMDs intense mental images I almost
heard the haunting music playing.
AMD has such precise,
perverse and fantastic writing skills; you can smell the musky strawberries that
haunted Bruce.
As the demon reveals itself
and tries to claim another victim Father Shaw brings closure and peace to Marah
– but at what cost.
A brilliant ending to
this novella trilogy, well worth the wait.
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