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mrfrank 's review for:
The Haunted Vagina
by Carlton Mellick III
THE HAUNTED VAGINA is top notch Carlton Mellick III. Of the CM3 books I've read, this is my second favorite right behind ZOMBIES AND SHIT. This story subtly shifts gears a few times but remains engaging throughout. The imagery described is vivid. This is the type of story you can see as you read.
The characters are interesting. I really cared about the narrator and his relationship to the women in the story. There is a creepy haunting aspect to the story but its balanced out with a fun, adorable playfulness as well. It's the type of storytelling I've seen fall flat on it's feet before but Mellick III melds the different feels together perfectly.
If I had to find something to be critical about, it would be the quickened pace at the end. A steadily paced story suddenly goes into to hyper speed in the last few chapters. The book could have been stretched a few chapters longer to expand upon the rapid fire explanations to get to the final scene. The last scene however drops back into the overall pace of the story and ends perfectly.
This is an excellent example of Carlton Mellick's writing prowess. He gets a lot of mileage describing not only sights but sounds, tastes and touches. He uses words economically and keeps the reader entrenched in the story as a result. THE HAUNTED VAGINA is one of the reasons he is the face of the genre.
The characters are interesting. I really cared about the narrator and his relationship to the women in the story. There is a creepy haunting aspect to the story but its balanced out with a fun, adorable playfulness as well. It's the type of storytelling I've seen fall flat on it's feet before but Mellick III melds the different feels together perfectly.
If I had to find something to be critical about, it would be the quickened pace at the end. A steadily paced story suddenly goes into to hyper speed in the last few chapters. The book could have been stretched a few chapters longer to expand upon the rapid fire explanations to get to the final scene. The last scene however drops back into the overall pace of the story and ends perfectly.
This is an excellent example of Carlton Mellick's writing prowess. He gets a lot of mileage describing not only sights but sounds, tastes and touches. He uses words economically and keeps the reader entrenched in the story as a result. THE HAUNTED VAGINA is one of the reasons he is the face of the genre.