The Taste of Night

I really enjoyed this story. It was another one of those with an unreliable narrator. We don't know for sure if Nell is experiencing contact from aliens or if she is mentally ill. Referring to the doctor as Call-Me-Anne was a nice touch. And I know Marcus was supposed to be the bad guy, but I felt sorry for him. He can't relate to his wife. He doesn't understand that to Nell, whatever happens to her is as real and as tangible as the ground beneath his feet. It is hard for him to take himself out of his reality and put himself into a new one. It is frightening to imagine there are other possibilities. Thinking like that frays the fabric of reality. It is also difficult to live with someone who is mentally ill. It is usually accompanied by some sort of manipulation and self harm (Which is what her eye looks like to Marcus.) So when he seems uncaring, he is most likely protecting himself, and by extension Nell, from getting sucked into the demons of her mental illness. You can see that he cares and wants a solution when he asks if mental illness can be a side affect of a tumor. He is disappointed and angry when he finds out otherwise. I could go on about this, but I might just save it for class.