Review: One Decision Can Either Destroy or Deliver
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2014
A young female is hanging out with her girl at a club looking for something to get into.  She meets a guy. He's average, nothing to write home about but it's something to do.  She gives him her number. They hang out for a while with no "extra-curricular" activities by her own choice until one day he plays a Jedi mind trick on her. She can't understand why she is even spending time with him and is really puzzled and disgusted by her decision to give in to him and sleep with him. After their first sexual encounter he takes his mind games a step further and deposits a seed of doubt within her. What he is doing to the young girl is foreign to her, and although it hurts her, it intrigues her at the same time.  Once she allows Messy Marvin to sabotage her self-image, she loses control and he becomes the most brutal monster that she has ever encountered. This is the true account of the author's life. It is an account of the mind control and violence against a young unsuspecting female.Kaye Wright drew me into this story from sentence number one. She tells this story in sort of a memoir fashion, so she of course uses first person POV. Wright uses a very contemporary vernacular and familiar Southern dialect that immediately makes the reader feel comfortable with her voice. It's almost like conversing with a close friend because she throws second person POV in as well. This allows this brutal account to flow easier and makes for a quick read.There were some typos and editing issues throughout, which doesn't necessarily distract. What was probably the most distracting was the obvious challenge with using past and present tense. Sometimes there was a change within the same paragraph. The timeline started off in a meticulous fashion but then it was a bit sketchier later on. There wasn't a lot of information given as to when and specifically where the events took place and maybe for obvious reasons. I did have a number of questions about the ages of certain individuals and so on, but she does leave certain clues and you could probably guess at the answers.Even with the challenges I mentioned, "Messy Marvin" is a story that I think everyone should read. This story gives a glimpse into the psyche of both the abuser and the abused.  It is very compelling and well told, as it focuses primarily on the abuse endured by a young girl at the hands of a maniac.3.5 stars