Review: Not Normal
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2014
This story disturbed me to my core. It was none of what I expected.The author has said that through her writing, she wants to take readers out of their comfort zone and challenge them to read something different. I would say she has been successful in her efforts. The author's writing style is eerily captivating and leads to the question of whether she seeks to inform or to entertain.I found no entertainment value in this story but rather a crude awakening and a gnawing feeling that this is real.Yes Master is the narration of a young boy's (Ryan) traumatic entry into sexual awareness by a pedophillic uncle. Ryan's subsequent foray into BDSMWas not a choice but rather a quest for salvation.Ryan was surrounded by darkness that would have him believe that forces that harmed him would free him.I'm sorry that there was no light along Ryan's path. I'm sorry that candles are not prominently placed where others can see. I'm sorry there was no good Samaritan to nurse Ryan's wounds. At the very least, I've gained knowledge of tactics likely used by pedophiles to prey on innocent children. My gut reaction is that truth (good and evil) resides in fiction.The young boy matures into a broken man who forever questions his sexual orientation. "Am I gay?" He seeks to find acceptance in surrendering to activities that prompts torment and self loathing.  Sadly Ryan's demons are not exorcised and the truth remains hidden: the enemy comes but to kill, steal and destroy.