Marina Delvecchio

This was a depressing read from start to finish. There was some glimmer of hope in the end but overall it was a sad read. I felt really bad for Elektra as she was failed by her entire family and the system. Mariana DelVecchio wash able to capture the pain and emptiness that Elektra was going through. She was able to convey her horrible experiences without going into harsh detail. I am going to be on the lookout for more of her work.

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A story of passion and love, sex (and money), violence, (religion, injustice) and death.
(© Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Sorry for that, but quoting the 'Paninaro' lyrics by PSB was far too tempting in this case...)
This was filled with very explicit scenes – well, not of sex itself so much, but of the feelings having sex with other partners and with each other evokes in Camilla and Carl.
That aspect I liked a lot, because you don't find that done too often and I guess I could relate to the descriptions all too well...
I don't agree theirs is a dysfunctional relationship at all – I found it to be a very exact description of what a relationship with a person (Camilla) who is either suffering from Bipolar disorder or, more likely, Borderline personality disorder is like. Carl's devotion to her was moving.
Sure, the characters are a bit flat, yes, but I will forgive the novella that.
And after all, relationships with a Borderliner are – to the outsider - also solely defined by certain events and the partners' immediate outward reactions to them like a rollercoaster.
Yet the ending let me down – it reminded a bit too much of a certain Hitchcock movie. The obsession, sudden delusion and descriptions of decay felt overdone and character development couldn't keep up with it.

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