Review: A Soul-Searching Piece
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2014
Forgive me if I seem to be a blubbering mess, but I just finished reading this novella and I feel like a sobbing, withering, blog of emotions and I can’t seem to get a grasp on my sanity. The last time I ever felt this way about a book was when I was 13 and I read a book called Till Death Do Us Part. While reading Hope, I kept going back to Tennyson’s famous lines from his love poem “In Memoriam A.H.H.”, “‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” I kept going back to this theme throughout Hope and would find myself chanting it like a mantra. Yes, this novella made me think. A lot.What do you call it when an author takes not only our heart but your soul as well? What do you call it when a story is so in tune with your emotions that you end up a clumped up ball of various emotions you can’t even describe? Is there even a word for it? Parker, you’re a butt. In the good way. Always the good way. For the first time in forever I was more in tune with the way I was feeling while reading a story. Hope was such a wonderful addition to Non Fric*tion.Did it give me the closure I needed? Freak no. I don’t think anything would ever satisfy it. Just as Oliver and Olivia seem to have an unbreakable love similar to Heathcliff and Cathy, I’ve found myself creating such a bond with Morgan Barker’s story. I don’t know whether to throttle the living daylights out of Parker or hug him till he suffocates, something his family would frown upon I’m sure. I have officially been ruined. I’ll forever spend the rest of my days waiting for a new book, for another written work by Parker.You see how unhealthy this obsession has turned? Each character he pens has such raw emotions that swallow you whole, chew you up and spits you out when it’s sucked the energy from you. I have no more energy. My energy has been officially sucked dry. It started with Non Fric*tion and Hope finished me off. Excuse me while I go tuck myself into bed for the next few days while I try to recuperate from such a mind-boggling, soul-sucking story.This is a journey of self discovery, of two people searching for their one chance at true happiness, and the battles and scars they get along the way. It isn’t for the soft-hearted or for the ones who love the fluffy romance. This is real, this is hard, and by God it tears you to pieces until you’re a mass of emotions you can’t seem to untangle yourself from. That dramatic enough for you? Read Morgan’s story. Read Hope. I promise these are two brilliant, yes I used the blasted word, pieces of writing you will definitely not want to miss. 5 STARS, and honestly, Parker, I’d give you the freaking galaxy if I could.~Jenny