Review: Shockingly Disturbing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2013
The realism reflected here is so "in your face" that the reader could easily conclude it is artificial.  The story describes Butterflii's distorted view of family life and the misery created when a 13-year-old girl gives birth to another girl, both of whom are abused and tortured by an horrible excuse for a man.  Not an only child, Butterfli is there to witness as each child is delivered into a home filled with pain and despair.  Eventually, her mother is forcibly ejected from the home and Butterflii becomes the substitute in her father's eyes.  No good comes out of such a situation, and this story describes the challenges faced by a young pregnant woman raped by her father, who also attempts to rape Butterflii's younger sister.This is in no way a pretty story, nor is it a fairy tale.  This story opens the reader's eyes to a lifestyle that, if this story is believed, is hidden and rarely revealed.  It takes much for hopelessness to lead to fury, and even more for fury to lend action to itself.  In a world where abuse, foster care, murder, drugs and pain are the backdrop for dysfunction at its worst, Butterflii seeks goodness and peace through actions that the civilized world would most likely condemn without trial.  Inevitably, the story brings about a twist that will most likely take the reader by surprise.  Butterflii connects with few, but as this story concludes, relationships of family, friends and enemies become all-important when the pieces all fall together.This story would not be recommended for young people not yet exposed to constructs such as rape, abuse and drug use.  For those familiar with the family atrocities that are endemic in the world beyond mere dysfunction, this book is a novella-length piece of fiction that will urge you to close your eyes and not want to believe such a world could exist even as the potential for truth embedded in its words demands that you read and know how bad the horrible truth could be.