I hate Angela Carter, she wrote a good essay but her novels and short stories are dire.

I think that's a terrible thing to say.
I can see why some people might not like her stories, she can be over- over, really, but to say she's a bad writer is just woefully untrue as far as I'm concerned.

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I really hated that book, but maybe I was the same as you but instead of thinking about it I just instantly hated it, I really hated the girl in it, she was such a pain. what are you thinking about?

I think I was dissapointed because I didn't really see where the title came from and it was the title that made me interested.

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love is from hell

fear of flying by erica jong
flowers of evil by charles baudelaire
you cant go wrong with anything by charles bukowski or kurt vonnegut
i just got a collection of short stories and poems by edgar allen poe so i suggest him too.
the stand by stephen king was amazing. it kind of dealt with the whole good/evil thing. when i was reading it i couldnt put it down.
and its hard to read because anthony burgess pretty much made up his own language for all the dialogue in the book but i strongly suggest a clockwork orange. burgess referred to the book as a "philosophical novel about free will". id say at least try reading it. it took me a few tries but im happy i read it.

The Stand is a great book. Just don't read the updated version.

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