The Murders of Molly Southbourne
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"A bold outpouring of flesh and crisis at once horrifying and familiar." —The New York Times Winner of the 2018 Nommo Award for Best Novella Every time she bleeds a murderer is born. Experience the horror of Tade Thompson's The Murders of Molly Southbourne. A finalist for the 2017 BSFA Award, the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award. The rule is simple: don’t bleed. For as long as Molly Southbourne can remember, she’s been watching herself die. Whenever she bleeds, another molly is born, identical to her in every way and intent on her destruction. Molly knows every way to kill herself, but she also knows that as long as she survives she’ll be hunted. No matter how well she follows the rules, eventually the mollys will find her. Can Molly find a way to stop the tide of blood, or will she meet her end at the hand of a girl who looks just like her? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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3 primary booksMolly Southbourne
Molly Southbourne is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Tade Thompson.
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i enjoyed molly as a character and exploring her life. i wasn't super attached to this story because while i do love character driven stories and i liked molly, the pacing just felt off to me but the ending was so good, i just had to bump up the rating.
3.5 stars. Interesting concept if a little repetitive due to the nature of Molly's situation, but it is so short that it doesn't drag on and become annoying. I am interested in reading the sequel, but I hope it takes the story and the concept in a slightly different direction.
I thought that I would feel uncomfortable or squeamish because of all the blood references (usually a no-go for me), but I had no issues here.
This was a wonderfully creepy horror novella. I can't remember the last time I was so simultaneously fascinated and repulsed by a tale. Thompson has created an all-time classic of the genre with this story.
