Spools of Red Twine by Rachel Pacelli – Reviewed by Guy Portman
Twenty-something writer and dissatisfied grocery store employee Rebecca Stonewall is being tormented by a recurring dream of being chased by ‘Madness’. As a consequence, she finds herself endlessly ruminating and philosophising on the meaning of her existence. Then she meets James, a handsome, mysterious author and potential love interest who imbues Rebecca with the notion of not accepting the status quo.
This non-plot-based, first-person narrative consists primarily of our ardent protagonist critiquing society, pondering her state of mind, reflecting on her life and obsessing over hypocrisy; something she is frightfully aware of and only too keen to divulge.
Pretentious and laborious, this debut transgressive work is at least mercifully short.
