Maraillosa novela, corta pero intensa. Me ha dejado con ganas de la secuela. ( )

Interesting. A shame it's not longer. It has an intriguing concept, nicely worked out and pleasant to read. I thought the ending was a bit abrupt. Basically, I would have liked it to be longer with the ending worked out in a much detail as the beginning. ( )

The Murders of Molly Southbourne is a story about enduring trauma and the fear that comes with mental illness (as this story acts as a parable for mental illness). Thompson asks: what happens when someone who looks exactly like you, comes from within you, seeking to destroy your relationships and to kill you. This is what suffering from undiagnosed mental illness in extreme cases feels like.

The Murders of Molly Southbourne is a body horror/psychological thriller about a woman named Molly whose blood makes murderous doppel­gängers when it is shed outside her body. She and her parents call them mollies. The reason that Molly’s blood has this effect is opaque to Molly, though as the story begins in Molly’s early childhood, it’s clear that this peculiar blood-borne disease is normal to Molly, even though she may be the only one in the world to suffer from it (although a letter from her mother reveals that Molly's disease was potentially somehow was passed on to her) Molly is trained from a young age to kill the mollies: to bleach and burn any of her blood that falls.

So when she goes to college, she finds that her disease makes everything harder. She finds out that her relations with men ultimately result in their deaths. Her parents are killed (also by mollies, ones that were trapped in Molly’s childhood and overlooked),and in the conclusion, we learn that Molly is trying to find a lucid non-murderous mollie to replace her, because she’s tired of living.

Talk about bleak. But Thompson has crafted a tale of life, death, love, and suffering and heartbreak that is so disturbing you can't look away. It's visceral, it's chilling, it's sad. AND there is truth to it.

Molly is fighting herself and she destroys everything she is connected to. When mental illness goes untreated this is what it feels like.

This is a powerful work of fiction. ( )

I rather enjoyed this novella about the Mollys. I am not sure if I would classify it as horror or science fiction but it was a quick, fun read and I recommend it. ( )

A szabályok egyszerűek:
Ha látsz egy lányt, aki úgy néz ki, mint te, fuss! Ha nem tudsz, harcolj!
Ne sebesülj meg!
Ha mégis, és vérzel: felmos, felgyújt és fertőtlenít!
Ha lyukat találsz, keresd meg a szüleidet!

Amióta csak az eszét tudja, Molly Southbourne rendszeresen végignézi a saját halálát. Akárhányszor vérzik, egy másik molly születik, aki minden ízében hasonló Mollyhoz, és a lány elpusztítására törekszik.

Molly számos módon képes végezni önmagával, de azzal is tisztában van, hogy amíg él, vadászni fognak rá. Nem számít, mennyire precízen követi a szabályokat, a mollyk előbb-utóbb rátalálnak. Vajon sikerül-e megfékeznie a vérontást, vagy egy hasonmása által éri el a végzete?

Tade Thompson Nommo-díjas kisregénye a horror és weird műfajok eszköztárából építkezik, és egy olyan hátborzongató történetet mesél el, amihez foghatóval még nem volt dolgunk. (Moly.hu)