Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & other Horrors by Livia Llewellyn, Laird Barron

Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & other Horrors

Livia Llewellyn, Laird Barron

198 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction horror short stories adventurous medium-paced

Description

Death and pleasure. Freud's Todestrieb, his statement that ''libido has the task of making the destroying instinct innocuous, and it fulfils the task by diverting that instinct to a great extent outwards....The instinct is then called the destruct...

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Community Reviews Summary of 22 reviews

Moods

challenging 100%
dark 100%
emotional 100%
mysterious 100%
reflective 100%
tense 100%

Pace

medium 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

Yes: 100%

Loveable characters?

No: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.81

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