Morbid Cravings then takes us through Hilda’s slow but steady understanding of what is going on, her attempt to satiate her new needs and to cope with her, how can I put it, wolfbitchiness, and a police investigation that tries to make sense of the bodies besmirching the gorgeous Connecticut foliage. Dr. Adoni Lamont, a psychiatrist to whom Hilda turns for help, treats her while pushing his own agenda. As of now, it’s all about eating.
While both authors' previous experience in mental health assistance certainly helps in making Hilda’s issues with her eating disorder sound truly convincing, there is, throughout the narrative, a continuous need to describe in vivid detail the psychological forces at work while the characters (or mostly the main character) are doing this or that. Most books will provide a certain psychological background of its characters; Morbid Cravings, however, really rubs it in.
Modern life (at least in the western world) is riddled with attempts to define each aspect of human nature from a psychological standpoint. Additionally, these are times in which women (and thank God for that) are empowered at home, at the workplace, and in all areas of life (again, at least in the western world). Morbid Cravings drinks from that well in a very direct fashion, and, in doing so, presents the material in a way that will probably appeal to younger and, dare I say, feminine audiences. However, much like Hilda, when it comes to horror stories, I prefer mine rare, if not raw.
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1 - Natalie Bennett
This article has been selected for syndication to Advance.net, which is affiliated with newspapers around the United States. Nice work!
2 - Marcus Lessa
Thanks Natalie!
3 - Heidi martinuzzi
Jessica, I have asked Eric (who runs this site) for permission to reprint this. Awaiting his thoughts.