Poppy Z. Brite (Author Review)

I discuss the horror author, Poppy Z. Brite.

Quite possibly the only horror author that has nude pictures in the Interwebs.

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[thevoid888]

I read Lost Souls when it was first released and found it sort of predictable. She was young then, though, so maybe if I had had patience and read some of her later material, I'd change my mind. I guess I'll try to read some new ones. I just remember really finding it tedious though.

[tetsubo57]

The last book of her's that I read was Exquisite Corpse. Which I thought was her best. Shortly after that I stopped reading fiction.

[darkjadice]

I love Drawing Blood and her choices for Love in Vein 1&2. I read lost souls and wormwood and like them a lot just not as much. What are your choices for non fiction? I am so choosy when it comes to nf i dont even try lol

[tetsubo57]

I review every non-fiction book I read. Do a search for my name and 'book review'. I also review the tabletop role-playing books I read.

[Kody Boye]

I don't think anyone's mentioned this, but Poppy has talked about her gender dysphoria and how she relates more to being male than female.

[Raider17]

I completely agree with you about Barker in particular. Love the stories, but the novels are wretched, without exception.

[MizVanity]

There was one line that made me laugh at myself. "I had made three corpses today and had not had a quiet moment with any of them." (Something along those lines) My initial response was to "AWEEE!" Then I said "Wait a minute!" and I laughed. Poppy romanticized necrophilia and I ate up every bit of it. That's another reason why I love her work. She pursuades the reader into thinking these kinds of acts are perfectly normal. Tricky, she is.

[tetsubo57]

EQ is my favorite of her work. Though I loved Lost Souls as well. But EQ put images into my head that never left. Lines, scenes, emotional states. Maybe because I am male. But I recommend that book to anyone that is a horror fan. Especially if they think Koontz is horror...

[MizVanity]

She is pretty amazing. I'm in the middle of Lost Souls, her first novel. Oddly, it sounds more mature than Exquisite Corpse, like she had written EC first. But then again, Lost Souls is a novel, and Exquisite Corpse is rather short *still great*. I really liked Exquisite Corpse. I felt a little traumatized at the ending because I felt I had grown close to Tran. I wrote a long, emotional review on the book two minutes after finishing it. Haha...

[tetsubo57]

I think I visited her site in the past. I had contact with her on a USENET newsgroup years ago. I think it might have been alt.gothic. When I read fiction, she was one of my favorite authors. :)