Review: Dark...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2014
Ok so a guy breaks into a woman's house with the sole intention of breaking a woman, totally destroying her through rape. She wakes up and finds this man screwing her. And then the game begins.The author never describes their appearance nor names them. Nameless and faceless works well in this book. You don't need to know these details.What is apparent throughout is that he has come up against a very clever adversary. Their banter before, during and after the rape scenes ranges from belittling and humiliating to sarcastic and at times, amusing.Her reasoning and inner dialogues about her predicament are very well explained....and are at times quite uncomfortable to read. She doesn't succumb to the usual Stockholm Syndrome that so many of these kind of books tend to lean towards. She doesn't fall in love with him, she's open about that part to him. She's all about survival, but questions every action to herself. She asks herself why, she questions her whole mental state, in fact her whole life. Is she broken early on? Is she a master of cunning?And what about him? He enjoys the rapes but he also enjoys the challenges of his nemesis. Does he love? Will he kill her in the end?Well I'm not putting any spoilers in this review!! Read it and find out for yourself but trust me when I say this is not an easy read. There's no hearts and flowers and fluffy bits in this story.I thought the author did a great job with this book. I hope she/he won't write a sequel because it would demean this book, in my opinion. It's a book you will walk away from still asking questions...