Darcey Steinke certainly deserves an A for effort.She's nailed the plot elements necessary to be hailed as a great dark artist in this end of the age - child abuse, dead moms and absent dads, detached sexy teenage girls,philosophical/religious critique of the cult of the suburbs... I havenothing against these elements in and of themselves, although some of themare starting to be overdone.Unfortunately, her style combines AnneRice's obsessive-compulsive love of irrelevant detail, the insistantgrimyness of a latter-day rock star, and a Joyce-esque refusal to clearlydistinguish thought from actuality, while lacking the redeeming gifts ofany of the above-mentioned artists.
Darcey Steinke will probably writesomething good someday, probably a short story.Keep your eye out forthat.Don't bother with this.
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