Review: Love, Betrayal and Madness - An Excellent Read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 5, 2013
At points shocking, at other points heartbreaking, this book is a stark revelation of self that will keep your attention riveted to the story long after the book is finished. The text is autobiographical, and as such it gives an intimate window into the experience of mental illness.“Maladjusted, alienated, lonely, depressed and suffering from low self-esteem, Tom desperately needed to talk about what was going on within him. But there was no one with whom he felt safe, no one he trusted, and no one whose opinion he really valued.”In this book, we receive Tom's unspoken confession, following the main character through emotional neglect, bullying and a lifelong sense of alienation that is only exacerbated when he falls in love with and is ultimately betrayed by his love Mary, an event which tips him over the precipice from sanity to madness. This book is brutally honest and as such is not for the faint of heart. It confronts sexuality, rage and betrayal, and outside of Hollywood, these things are neither sanitized nor glorified, a fact that the book truly brings to life. In short, this is an excellent read. Highly recommended!