Review: Brutal Brillance=spoon in a garbage disposal
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2013
Review posted at: [...]F&&&&&&&&&@#!! This book has made me feel like a spoon in a garbage disposal. You know the grinding of metal, the clanking because the spoon is somewhere it doesn't belong, and the desire of the disposal blades to eject the spoon or bend it. I know this sounds like a horrid metaphor, but it stands for the ugly truth in life that is hard to read about (for me) because its disturbing, yet happens to many, many couples daily. And as much as we don't want something to happen, a spoon can easily find its way into the garbage disposal either breaking said garbage disposal's basic foundation or bending the spoon to the point it can't be used again. That being said, I absolutely could not turn my back from this book, yet I had to take many, many chapter breaks. I usually read a book per day. This book took me two days to finish-TWO DAYS! I had to give my heart and mind breaks to absorb what was and wasn't occurring, driving myself crazy with questions that I needed answers to, and relieving my eyes and brain from the throbbing of crying and anguish. Catherine (Cathy), Ben, and Arsen stole my breath, bruised my knuckles (from gripping my kindle so tightly), and left my eyes blood-shot and cheeks stained. The characters-I knew them, I was with them and I felt everything!! Mia, this was brutal brilliance, you're a genius. I connected mostly with Ben-I just felt for him the entire way through...beginning to end he had me, no ifs ands or buts. Seeing the swaps of POVS was perfectly timed and opened us to their minds, what they knew/didn't know, questions they had, feelings they were experiencing. Ahhhhh, my mind is still reeling, it won't stop. This book, Arsen, is a HAVE TO read. It will leave you breathless, empty, lonely, fiercely angry, and sobbing. BUT you'll also feel full, heat, comfort, love, hope, desire, joy, and longing. There's no balance to the emotions you'll experience, which is true in life. This is what the book did to me...the story, while the topic was hard to read, I was hopeful and optimistic so I had to keep going. Thank you, Mia. Utterly Amazing--I can think of no other words, so I hope these suffice. Give this a try!! Rating: 5 Stars