Review: ABSOLUTE DRIVEL: Book May Very Well Have A "Twist" In It At The End - But You Have To Be Able to Get Through the Beginning First
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2014
If the book is a mystery or thriller, I will normally read it until the end - no matter how boring, or predictable, it may appear to be.  However, after reading the first few pages/chapters" I realized I could care less about this "mess of a book".  POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT:  A brief synopsis of what I read:  After 10 years of abuse from her husband, "our victim" is rescued and temporarily housed by her father-in-law only to be "kidnapped" a couple of weeks later by the husband and subjected to further torment (despite the fact that during the abduction the husband appears to kill his father in the presence of his mother) until she ("our victim") escapes (after days or weeks or such additional torment) & finds refuge with a friendly law enforcement officer (who appears to have some relationship with the husband's family).  It is not clear whether the husband actually killed his father or not - because after the incident occurs, there is no more mention of it - hubby simply goes on doing what he'd been doing - beating his wife, tying her to a bed, blah, blah, blah.  Now, though, he (hubby) starts letting his drunk friends rape her, which is how "our victim" manages to escape (on her own) - she whispers to one of the friends to come back later when her husband is asleep for some real fun.  The friend does & he (the friend) falls asleep - & "our victim" escapes to a gas station - with a load of money from the husband's safe that she happens to know the combination to because the husband "mumbles" the numbers out loud whenever he opens it (the safe).  This is where "our victim" meets the law enforcement officer, who actually was following her - because he had been watching the house when she ran from it; this is also the point at which I stopped reading the book.  One last tidbit:  During these early pages, "our victim's" father is (also) killed by the husband - when he happens to stop by the house & hears her screaming.  The police are called, but the husband, who has "standing" in the community, manages to convince them that his mentally-sick wife was the killer.  There are no arrests - not even any discussions really - this incident ends with the husband escorting "our victim" back into the house for more abuse.