Living Dead Girl

While not as explicitly graphic as Exquisite Corpse in its prose (as well as far more accessible), the topic at hand is still arguably just as―if not more―disturbing. Though, for me, it was also very bearable to digest and enjoy: the prose wasn't purple, the plotline was easy to follow, and our two main characters were interesting and engaging enough in my experience. However, despite impressively done first-person perspective of a toddler-turned-adolescent girl, certain literary motifs and and mechanics were done a little too much for my tastes, leading to some rather uninteresting moments of deja vu. Nonetheless, these technical choices did benefit the narrative and still seemed necessary given the context.

I wouldn't call this work unforgettable by any stretch, but I commend the author's boldness to create a teen-aimed contemporary horror that walks a daring line (for better or worse) between a technially accessible presentation that is yet potentially both too disturbing for its targeted readers to confront and/or perhaps too perplexing thematically to meaningfully comprehend and thus appreciate.