Review: Dark Emotional Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2014
This was definitely one of the more darkly written stories I have ever read before. The H and h suffer horrible tragedies throughout their lives that shape the people they turn out to be.**POSSIBLE LIGHT SPOILER**The H, Gator/Jake, had horrible parents that turned a small boy into an angry person capable of killing to ease his need for vengeance. This set that path for him to become a hired killer, which led him to the h.The h, Gidget, was forced to become a child prostitute by her horrible parents who only thought of her as a tool to use to fuel their own selfish desires for money, drugs, power, etc. She was horribly abused, raped, and beaten over the years of her life from adolescent into womanhood. This abuse led to brain damage, causing her to become slower of mind processes, which then people labeled her as "stupid."H saves h from this life, and together, they journey on a path of healing. They both feel dirty and unworthy of love, but come to care for each other in a way that heals the unimaginable pains of the past. While there was a vast amount of pain and violence in this story, I was not deterred from the relationship that the H & h shared. I thought it was beautiful, in a dark and twisted fashion, how they saved each other from the world, the past and themselves. If you can look past the surface material of this book, and venture down into the deeper meaning being portrayed, you'll find a story about love surpassing ALL obstacles that life can throw and persevering at the end.While some reviews state this book was "creepy" due to the h's brain damage, I did not view her as a child. The H feared she would be a child mentally and could not fathom being intimate towards her if she was. From the h's point of view in the book, I felt that she was mature of mind to make choices towards intimacy without a conflict of possible consent. The brain damage she suffered along with never going to school, left her isolated, uneducated and slower to understand, almost as if she had a learning disability. Also, the doll issue was a coping mechanism and not because she was a child holding her "toy," it was to help her cope with certain pains she suffered in her past.I hope my review was helpful and didn't spoil anything. I don't believe I gave too much away, but enough to help those on the fence about this book.