Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & other Horrors by Livia Llewellyn, Laird Barron

Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & other Horrors

Livia Llewellyn, Laird Barron

198 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction horror short stories adventurous medium-paced
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Death and pleasure. Freud's Todestrieb, his statement that ''libido has the task of making the destroying instinct innocuous, and it fulfils the task by diverting that instinct to a great extent outwards....The instinct is then called the destruct...

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Community Reviews Summary of 30 reviews

Moods

dark 75%
mysterious 50%
tense 50%
challenging 25%
emotional 25%
reflective 25%

Pace

medium 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 50% | Plot: 50%

Strong character development?

No: 50% | Yes: 50%

Loveable characters?

No: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 50% | It's complicated: 50%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%

Average rating

3.68

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