We Be Reading: RIP X: 6, Beautiful Darkness

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

I am honestly traumatized after reading Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann & Kerascoët. It pairs cuteness and horror into one really uncomfortable read. I am not usually a big fan of horror but dislike it even more when it involves children or toys or anything similar. This had it all.

I mean, this is the heroine, Aurora -- wearing a bloody mouse skin. You don't even want to know where she came from. And the others who came with her aren't exactly paragons of virtue and kindness. Nope.

I'll leave the rest for you to discover ... if you want to.

Or you could look at this instead ...

Photo by @amivitale #onassignment for @natgeo. Even pandas have Monday mornings! A day at the "office" for a newborn giant panda means being weighed every day at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center in Sichuan Province, China. Baby pandas grow fast and their keepers work hard to ensure they are healthy and happy. @ipandacam @natgeo @natgeocreative @thephotosociety @nikonusa #pandas #bifengxia #sichuan #conservation #natureisspeaking #china #animals #wildlife #photooftheday #photography #nature #seetheworld #nikonnofilter #nofilter #nikon #d4s #nikonambassador #photojournalism #amivitale #🐼

A photo posted by Ami Vitale (@amivitale) on Sep 28, 2015 at 3:13pm PDT

Cleansing the palate,
K

4 comments:

BeccaSeptember 30, 2015 at 2:33 AM
LOL It does look super creepy.
AnonymousOctober 4, 2015 at 6:08 PM
Ahahaha, I am glad you closed with that sweet little panda! Look at that cutie-pie! Yeah, Beautiful Darkness was SO much darker than I was anticipating. I think that could have been okay, if I had been prepared for it, but I was NOT at ALL. Ergh so many images from that book have stayed with me and not in a good way.