Review: Honest review given
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2014
Holy Crap! Holy Crap!What do I say about this book? It is amazing, but it is also very dark, very very dark.The book features Alexandre Dane, who also narrates the novel. However, he is a very unreliable narrator. At first you will hate the man. He is a sociopath, and there is nothing redeeming about him. He works as a therapist specializing in traumatized women, but he never hesitates to take advantage of their fragile conditions. He is having sex with many of his patients, breaking all of the rules of his profession in the process.But since everything is told from Alexandre's point of view, it soon becomes obvious that something is seriously wrong with this man. He appears to start having memory blackouts, and he seems to be confused much of the time. Since everything we know, we know through him, and his grip on reality is fragile at best, we feel his confusion as if we are him.Although Therapist has a lot of sex in it, it is not a romance. If it is anything, it's a deep character study of a slow decent into madness. By the end you may still not forgive Alexandre, but you will understand him better. There is much more going on here than first meets the eye.Jaden Wilkes has created a masterful dark novel that everyone should read. You will not have a new book boyfriend by the end of the novel, but you may have a better understanding of human behavior, and the depths they can go to get what they want.I have been officially blown away by Jaden once again. She never disappoints. I thought her book The Beast was dark, but it is a walk in the park compared to Therapist. I can't wait to see what else is in her dark disturbed little mind. Whatever it is, I'm sure it will be juicy.