The Snow Child

I thought that The Snow Child was a very strange and to the point story, which i enjoyed. I liked the fact that Angela Carter got the point across very quickly without having to go into too much unrelevant detail. I thought the shock factor was very well done as it left alot to the imagination as the sex scene was described in very little detail. I wasnt expected necrophilia at all through out the story so the shock factor really affected me which i enjoyed. Another thing i liked was that the moral of the story was 'Be careful what you wish for' I think this because the thing the count wanted most was this perfect young girl, with no flaws in her appearance, eventhough he had a wife; Angela Carter has left it to the readers imagination of what the Countess looks like. I think that this young girl could have been what the Countess looked like when she was younger and the Count wanted to bring that spark back when he conjured her. I