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Exquisite Corpse
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“What are you?” he asked.
I touched my fingers to the bead of scarlet on his throat, brought them to my lips and tasted his blood for the first time. “I’m your nightmare. Did you think you were done with nightmares, now you’ve become one?”
i like books that make me feel a little bit insane.
there's something about relating love and lust to death and cannibalism that makes the whole experience more intimate. to quote richard siken
"...but we both know how it goes.
I say I want you inside me and you hold my head underwater,
I say I want you inside me and you split me open with a knife."
like yes!!! the inherent violence of love!!! give me more of that!!! (but in the cool poetical way not in the average dark romance way cause yikes)
also like siken, this book was beautifully written. i loved the prose, i loved the characterisation of the characters and their dynamics, i loved the discussions of death and the role aids played in the lives and experiences of every character.
if you like your books a little fucked up and obsessive and enjoy literature on a deeper level than "but he kills people!!!:(" or if you ship hannigram - i can't recommend this one enough.
tw: death, murder, gore, cannibalism, mutilation, suicide, necrophilia, ...
read as part of 202-Queer 🌈✨
april reading: 18/26
I touched my fingers to the bead of scarlet on his throat, brought them to my lips and tasted his blood for the first time. “I’m your nightmare. Did you think you were done with nightmares, now you’ve become one?”
i like books that make me feel a little bit insane.
there's something about relating love and lust to death and cannibalism that makes the whole experience more intimate. to quote richard siken
"...but we both know how it goes.
I say I want you inside me and you hold my head underwater,
I say I want you inside me and you split me open with a knife."
like yes!!! the inherent violence of love!!! give me more of that!!! (but in the cool poetical way not in the average dark romance way cause yikes)
also like siken, this book was beautifully written. i loved the prose, i loved the characterisation of the characters and their dynamics, i loved the discussions of death and the role aids played in the lives and experiences of every character.
if you like your books a little fucked up and obsessive and enjoy literature on a deeper level than "but he kills people!!!:(" or if you ship hannigram - i can't recommend this one enough.
tw: death, murder, gore, cannibalism, mutilation, suicide, necrophilia, ...
read as part of 202-Queer 🌈✨
april reading: 18/26
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