The Carnivore, by Mark Sinnett

Reading The Carnivore was an interesting experience for me, because I’ve never been so engrossed in a story centered on characters I couldn’t stand. Both of the protagonists teetered on the border of unbearable, and perhaps it was because I anxiously wanted to see what abyss they’d sink into next, but I just couldn’t get [...]

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No Previous Experience: A Memoir of Love and Change, by Elspeth Cameron

This is a work of non-fiction. All names, places, and events in this book are real. If the author happened to teach you Canadian poetry in university, you may get a little freaked out. I remember the third year of my undergraduate degree very well; among other adventures, it was the year I took an [...]

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Helpless, by Barbara Gowdy

I stayed up way too late  finishing this book. Thinking back on it now, it’s a wonder I slept at all after that. This book was creepy. Not just roman typeface creepy, but italics creepy. Without being obvious, without giving too much away, and without ever crossing the line into over-detailed descriptions of pedophilia territory, [...]

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