Review: Brilliant!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2014
This is another book that caught me by surprise. I have never read anything by this author, but I am so glad that I picked this one. It was a hard book to put down.This world is an alternative one where bots have evolved and computers have not. Desmond has lost his hand in an accident. He is a bitter frightened man. The voyage that Desmond embarks on is what is the backbone of the story, but the meat of the story is how he has been enabled since his injury. He is enabled by his ex Jim, and the disability system. Des is forced into participating in a group for those missing limbs, the "Gimp Group" as he calls it. Life takes a drastic turn when Des meets Corey, a young man that is able to work his prosthetic with amazing agility. What Des finds in Corey besides a new romantic relationship, is a young man that does not buy into his cavalier attitude toward his disability and others in general.Desmond's journey is often painful, sometimes depressing, but in the end life affirming. If you want to read a book that has substance, that shows how damaging enabling can be, then read it. To me it did not matter if I like Desmond or not, but it did matter how he felt and how his journey unfolded. And yes, there is sex.I could not give this book enough stars.