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Sister, Maiden, Monster
by Lucy A. Snyder
October 2023. Loved it. A grotesque and compelling body horror nightmare with multiple points of view set into motion by a gruesome pandemic that changes the body of some recipients in ways that goes far beyond mere illness.
Our three points of view (Part 1, 2, and 3) are from women who take pivotal roles in the plot and let me tell you I love some women-centered horror and death that isn’t about revenge for assault or just the daily horrors of womanhood (as much as I love those well-done).
Themes of bodily autonomy and reproduction do come up and are handled well but the story focuses on much bigger, gorier, and more grotesque horror fitting of a five star horror novel.
Not for the faint of stomach; the ravages of a pandemic and illness as well as the many changes to those who survive are beyond unpleasant at times, but always fascinating. This evoked less nausea than “Tender is the Flesh” but I read and loved that so my threshold is pretty high. Gives new meaning to the phrase braingasm.
Side note: I posted the quote “Eating her cerebrum is a whole lot less fun than eating her pussy was” in a sapphic/WW readers group I’m in and quite a few said they’d go check this out
Our three points of view (Part 1, 2, and 3) are from women who take pivotal roles in the plot and let me tell you I love some women-centered horror and death that isn’t about revenge for assault or just the daily horrors of womanhood (as much as I love those well-done).
Themes of bodily autonomy and reproduction do come up and are handled well but the story focuses on much bigger, gorier, and more grotesque horror fitting of a five star horror novel.
Not for the faint of stomach; the ravages of a pandemic and illness as well as the many changes to those who survive are beyond unpleasant at times, but always fascinating. This evoked less nausea than “Tender is the Flesh” but I read and loved that so my threshold is pretty high. Gives new meaning to the phrase braingasm.
Side note: I posted the quote “Eating her cerebrum is a whole lot less fun than eating her pussy was” in a sapphic/WW readers group I’m in and quite a few said they’d go check this out