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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
Oh this was su unexpectedly good. Like wildly expected.
I need to compose my thoughts on this in a it more depth but this really lived up to everything it promised.
I really really liked this and I want more.
I need to compose my thoughts on this in a it more depth but this really lived up to everything it promised.
I really really liked this and I want more.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I enjoyed this little novella. A strange and very cool premise, it kept me reading. It ended too quickly for my taste, but most novellas are that way for me and the ambiguous ending fit the feel of the story.
De la misma manera que El Test de Sylvain Neuvel me enganchó y me lo leí de una sentada, con este libro me ha pasado igual. Engancha muy rápido y no cuesta nada seguir avanzando para entender más de esta historia y los asesinatos (si, en plural) de Molly.
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Self harm
This was a quick read--it turned out to be more of a novella than a novel. It was a brilliant piece of work, honestly. You seldom see a truly original premise in horror, but i can honestly say I've never read anything quite like it before, and I was deeply impressed by the implications that Thompson managed to squeeze out of a startling premise by treating it as an absolutely real situation.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
Deeply unsettling and horrific in parts, this novella follows the life of Molly Southborne whose spilt blood generates doppelgangers bent on destroying Molly herself. Much of the horror comes because these doppelgangers seem to have been happening since she was a baby, painting an interesting picture of Molly's parents and what they've been doing to get her this far.
Ultimately it's all a fairly horrible philosophical metaphor made real, which makes for a predictable ending if you're familiar with the metaphor being referred to.
It's great writing, deeply creepy and evocative, but really not for me.
Ultimately it's all a fairly horrible philosophical metaphor made real, which makes for a predictable ending if you're familiar with the metaphor being referred to.
It's great writing, deeply creepy and evocative, but really not for me.
The Murders of Molly Southbourne is a story about enduring trauma and the fear that comes with mental illness (as this story acts as a parable for mental illness). Thompson asks: what happens when someone who looks exactly like you, comes from within you, seeking to destroy your relationships and to kill you. This is what suffering from undiagnosed mental illness in extreme cases feels like.
The Murders of Molly Southbourne is a body horror/psychological thriller about a woman named Molly whose blood makes murderous doppelgängers when it is shed outside her body. She and her parents call them mollies. The reason that Molly’s blood has this effect is opaque to Molly, though as the story begins in Molly’s early childhood, it’s clear that this peculiar blood-borne disease is normal to Molly, even though she may be the only one in the world to suffer from it (although a letter from her mother reveals that Molly's disease was potentially somehow was passed on to her) Molly is trained from a young age to kill the mollies: to bleach and burn any of her blood that falls.
So when she goes to college, she finds that her disease makes everything harder. She finds out that her relations with men ultimately result in their deaths. Her parents are killed (also by mollies, ones that were trapped in Molly’s childhood and overlooked),and in the conclusion, we learn that Molly is trying to find a lucid non-murderous mollie to replace her, because she’s tired of living.
Talk about bleak. But Thompson has crafted a tale of life, death, love, and suffering and heartbreak that is so disturbing you can't look away. It's visceral, it's chilling, it's sad. AND there is truth to it.
Molly is fighting herself and she destroys everything she is connected to. When mental illness goes untreated this is what it feels like.
This is a powerful work of fiction.
The Murders of Molly Southbourne is a body horror/psychological thriller about a woman named Molly whose blood makes murderous doppelgängers when it is shed outside her body. She and her parents call them mollies. The reason that Molly’s blood has this effect is opaque to Molly, though as the story begins in Molly’s early childhood, it’s clear that this peculiar blood-borne disease is normal to Molly, even though she may be the only one in the world to suffer from it (although a letter from her mother reveals that Molly's disease was potentially somehow was passed on to her) Molly is trained from a young age to kill the mollies: to bleach and burn any of her blood that falls.
So when she goes to college, she finds that her disease makes everything harder. She finds out that her relations with men ultimately result in their deaths. Her parents are killed (also by mollies, ones that were trapped in Molly’s childhood and overlooked),and in the conclusion, we learn that Molly is trying to find a lucid non-murderous mollie to replace her, because she’s tired of living.
Talk about bleak. But Thompson has crafted a tale of life, death, love, and suffering and heartbreak that is so disturbing you can't look away. It's visceral, it's chilling, it's sad. AND there is truth to it.
Molly is fighting herself and she destroys everything she is connected to. When mental illness goes untreated this is what it feels like.
This is a powerful work of fiction.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No