Review: Honest, heartbreaking at parts, and totally a must read for adult readers!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
I received an ARC copy of From the Abyss in exchange for an honest review.Being difficult and abusing someone mentally are two very different things. When John met Cindi he didn’t know the difference. Sure, signs were all around that something was not quite right but it took a lot before he understood what kind of an unhealthy relationship he was living in. And then…well, then there was more at stake than just the two of them.John wanted to be a good father, to put his own needs on hold and try to be with Cindy. He really did. But there is a limit for everything. So when he met Kim, he finally felt like coming home and getting on his feet again. But is it possible to heal something so broken? To put Cindi and their son aside and just live happily ever after with someone else? Especially when Cindi didn’t want him to go and started calling after him?From the Abyss is based on the real story. It’s quite heavy reading and realistically describes the downsides of life, the difficulty of getting out of bad marriage. Yet, there is this silver lining along the way. John’s hope that his wife is capable of changing and his willingness of trying to get things sorted out between them. And the realization no matter what happens you do not need to be anyone’s punching bag forever.Heartbreaking at parts, full of life, in its best and worse, and a promise of a better tomorrow. Would definitely recommend for adult readers and especially to people in a crossroads, trying to decide whether to stay or leave.Man can be abused as well as a woman. Abusing is bullying and bullies are so not cool!