Review of Infinity Pool (2023) by Darkjak — 29 Jan 2023

A writer struggling to dive into visceral expression is taken to a high-end island resort by his longtime trust-fund wife with daddy issues (his publisher). However, the writer being lavishly sheltered from common society, finds himself no longer enticed to his creative self.

This all changes when a rich, quirky couple (fans of his book) pull him into the hedonistic flavor of life to further break the walls his wife has erected in him for a stable marriage. This is tested when the writer has to resort to choosing between lawful submission, or flight/fight nature (something driven out of him by his happy marriage).

This dilemma caused by the antagonizing couple he meets continually badgering him to play into his mortality for higher self expression. However, the writer now finds himself battling his built-up nature to stay safe, but ultimately fails (no thanks to the carnal desires shoveled by the couple's Mia Goth).

There really is no catharsis as the writer finds his human shell too weak for the new cult of hedonism he has fallen in line with. But, the vacation finally ends as the members go back to their rich lives in their respective countries, leaving our writer to ponder whether he even go back to that life these savage members opened to him.