Review: I almost didn't have the courage to finish
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2014
I am a psychiatrist and  wanted to like this book. The story was intriguing, unfortunately, this book is riddled with both spelling errors (cab fair instead of cab fare) as well as grammar and punctuation errors on almost every page. Jarring POV switches make the story hard to follow. The writer also writes in the passive voice quite a bit which tends to distance the reader from the story.The dialog is stilted. Here is just one sample: "I do love you, Janice, honey." Totally ignored Jay's comment. "I will come to the house. What I have to say may be very pertinent to you right now. Lord, I want to get this off my chest. You just don't know, honey. Please, Janice, please don't turn your back on me this time. Bye, bye, sweetheart."The writing style was overly terse, I guess the writer was trying to write in a hard-boiled or sparse manner, which I don't think he pulled off, it detracted from the story, in my opinion.But most importantly, how many books do we need to have about the adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse? In this case, a woman who has both borderline personality symptoms as well as dissociative symptoms, this has been done so many times, it has become a cliché. And what is the writer's knowledge about this subject? He describes himself as a journalist, yet I see not a single psychiatric expert in his acknowledge page.This could have been a pretty good story but really was in need of a good editor, a couple of rewrites, and finally: PROOF READING!I received an advance copy of this book for my unbiased review.