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Hostel. That name certainly comes with connotations as movie goers know.
But nothing violent happens here, at least not physical, although if one could say MC is a violence against the mind, as I do, then there is a an attack of sorts.
Very close friends Rebecca and Emily on their particular search for East German retro experience in night clubs find something else entirely. First a couple Austrian girls. Rebecca gets to show off her hypnotic abilities much to the chagrin of one of their new friends and only after an unintentional revelation by the hypnotized woman does Rebecca realize the harm she caused. She is mortified by it and should be. One must be careful with those kinds of things.
Later they meet club owner Alice, an Irish expatriate. She is someone who is not careful with hypnotic powers but is in fact a predatory who willfully uses her skills.
The ground work is laid here for the future of the story. We know the characters and milieu now.
A couple other thoughts that stuck me, I am pretty sure our two Austrians who fled Rebecca will be returning to the story at some time. Also, Rebecca revealed herself to be a powerful hypnotist.
This I suspect will come very much into play as the story progresses. One can see this story can get very involved and fascinating.
Fumanchu's awesome
Paperback continues with its unique and expertly done double narrative. You know how well it is written when both stories catch your attention and you don't mind moving from one to the other. Both are just that fun and interesting.
A tragic even occurs in the narrators life. Something you can't help feel shapes in some ways.
Meanwhile back on comic land our two young and lovely operatives are ready to infiltrate The Du Maurier Society to see what's up as ordered by the intrepid Director.
Over there is bows and bare feet and lovely young girls....Hmmmmm....
And our narrators shows himself to be a kind of genius, going to Harvard at 16 then Johns Hopkins. Double Hmmmmmmm...... One thing for sure, his MC fetish didn't hurt his mind one bit.
Meanwhile, back at the society there seems to be a bit of hypnotism going on. Very hot hypnotism. That doesn't hurt the mind of the reader either.....it only helps.
Stella gets rescued from control by her old teacher. This woman must have really been a terrific mentor who gained Stella's total trust and even though she is not physically there, she still is in her mind, saving her from a very precarious situation.
Chapter two only adds to the first one and makes the situations and characters, both the real life narrator and his comic book counterparts more interesting than chapter one.
This is one great story on so many levels. I defy anyone to read this far and stop.
In the newest chapter of
Shadra's lovely
Following Her Dream we find out why Rachel ends up back at Janet's place...thanks to much prodding from friend Emma. There is a lot of chewing the fat here as Rachel's thoughts are really laid out for the reader during her interaction with Emma, even as she doesn't really give her the true facts. But we know them.
Now the question is, what will Rachel do in the meeting with her old crush who ended up almost destroying her life?
And Bella the three legged dog? What a scene stealer! Melted my heart.
