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Ambrosial Flesh
by Mary Ann Mitchell
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Leisure Books (2001-08)
ISBN: 0843949023
EAN: 9780843949025
Dewy Decimal #: 813
Mass Market Paperback: 391 pages
SKU: M118563
Condition: Very Good
Comments: 0843949023 MMPB free of markings. Cover shows very light edge wear. Interior & spine evidence little to no use; overall, a very pretty copy. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Customer Reviews
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A Mediocre Good Time!!
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-07-04
Although this book had some flaws... all in all, I liked it. There were splotches of creepy moments that made you cringe.
The writing is not the greatest, the diolouge dry at times, and the characters as flat as a cardboard box, but all that can be mildly forgotten with an intereting plot.
Im not denying that it was far-fetched at times, but at least the author takes you places you've never been before. The beggining of the novel was amazingly descriptive, some of the most repulsive horror out there, but the book took a bit of a downfall after about a third of it, changing the plot from cannibilism to demons and hell.
I will be reading more of her. This book shows potential. Keep an eye on Mary Ann Mitchell.
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delightfully evil
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-06-29
Yes there is canabalism, yes there is gore yes its cheap horror, but its cheap horror at its absolute best. If you like horror stories read this.
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Excellent first half
Rating  (2)
Date: 2006-11-05
Loved the first half of this one. Some of the most effective gore I have read in a long time. The reason behind the character's actions and dining habits is made clear and consise. This book was a more abstract look at obsession than it was an effective story, but when the main character is exploring his need to consume his own flesh, the novel was wonderful. Then in the second half there was an attempt to redeem the flesh eating protagonist, and after his brutal acts I could not get behind his quest for redemption no matter how hard the author fancied it up with mysticsm and spitualism.
A must for wannabe horror writers looking to learn techniques to write a perfect gore symphony, but as a story this iece misses the mark. Ballsy though.
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THIS IS WAY BEYOND GROSS! IT IS JUST PLAIN OUT SICK!!!
Rating  (1)
Date: 2006-07-14
1 star is being very generous in rating this book! Don't get me wrong, I love a good horror story but this is not horror! There are few books that I don't at least finish to see if there is some literary worth to them. This is one of the very few that I DID NOT finish. This book is gruesome, gory, absolutely disgusting, in addition to BORING. If you are looking for an entertaining, sitting on the edge of your seat, bump in the dark read...this is NOT for you! The best place for this book is the trash can.
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Good Gore, but Utter Disappointment
Rating (2)
Date: 2005-10-10
Being that I'm all for gory stories, I picked up Ambrosial Flesh as a way to transition into reality from a George Romero fest, however, when I read this piece, I thought that there was much that is lacking from this novel.
Jonathan is a man with a strange appetite for human flesh. It starts with his religious convictions as a devout Catholic, but then slowly transforms into a fetish. However, as a reader, this "slow transformation" is a jolting transition for the reader.
His fetish drives his wife from his life, only to seek refuge in the "church" of an evil being known as Yakut. Yakut helps Jonathan kill and dispose of his wife and blame the murder on a hapless motel employee.
But obviously things don't end there for the cannibal. Jonathan is haunted by Yakut. Yakut goes after the Jonathan's mother, which prompts the cannibal, who is remorseful for the death of his wife, begins to stalk the entity, which leads to a warped showdown between the two.
This novel has only one developed character. The others seem to be drawn merely to show Jonathan's complex character. I did think Jonathan's character was sympathetic only at the beginning and close to the end. The plot was very simplistic, but did a good job of the Man vs Man/Demon genre of storytelling.
I did think there was a lot of strong writing prowess in the story, so I am sure that Mary Ann Mitchell is a good writer. I just picked the wrong book.
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