Review: DARK AND INTENSE
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2013
THIS WAS NOT YOUR USUAL HORROR STORY.  I REFER TO IT AS "REALITY HORROR" BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF SITUATION CAN AND NO DOUBT HAS OCCURRED.  THIS MAKES IT ALL THE MORE SCARY.  NOTHING IS MORE DELIBERATE OR INTENSE AS A STUDY OF THE HUMAN CONDITION.  THE AUTHOR DEFINETLY HAD A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF HIS SUBJECT.  ON THE ONE HAND YOU HAD THE PHYSCO WHO WAS THE RESULT OF AN UNACCEPTABLE AND DERANGED TYPE OF CHILDHOOD THAT IMPRINTED ON HIS MIND SO DEEPLY THAT HE DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE OF BEING ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT HE TURNED OUT TO BE.  IT WAS STILL DIFFICULT TO FEEL ANY SYMPATHY FOR HIM THOUGH SO PERHAPS THAT IS A FAULT IN THE HUMAN MENTAL STRUCTURE.  THE VICTUM WAS ALSO DEEPLY AFFECTED BY ASPECTS OF HER LIFE OVER WHICH SHE HAD NO CONTROL BUT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE SHE LOVED MOST WERE THE ONES SO NEGATIVELY AFFECTED HER MIND WAS PROGRAMMED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IN THE END IT WAS HER ULTIMATE WEAPON OF SURVIVAL.  THIS BOOK IS BLOODY, GORY, VIOLENT AND SAD.  THERE IS NOTHING HUMOROUS AT ALL TO BREAK THE INTENSITY THAT IS OBVIOUS FROM THE FIRST PAGE TO THE LAST.  I BELIEVE IT WAS NECESSARY THAT IT BE THIS WAY BECAUSE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER.  THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT WHAT THIS POOR YOUNG WOMAN ENDURED.  THIS BOOK NO DOUBT ISN'T FOR EVERYONE BUT IF YOU CAN READ IT WITH AN OPEN MIND AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUBJECT MATERIAL I DO FEEL THAT YOU WILL COME AWAY WITH A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT MAKES US WHO AND WHAT WE ARE AND HOW CIRCUMSTANCE CAN CREATE OUR OWN HUMAN CONDITION.  THIS BOOK WAS NOT OVERLY LONG BUT DIDN'T NEED TO BE.  THE AUTHOR GOT STRAIGHT TO THE POINT AND DIDN'T WASTE TIME WITH A LOT OF UNNECESSARY DIALOGUE.  READ IT FOR YOURSELF AND MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND.  I LOOK FORWARD TO OTHER REVIEWS OF THIS BOOK AND IT'S AUTHOR.