Review: Highly recommended
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
"Indigo Tears" by Dennis J. Butler is a seriously moving, sad and uplifting  and certainly important piece of literature. It starts with a chapter about the abduction of a girl and the panic her parents and friends live through as she fails to return home.Then we turn to Gavin, our autistic narrator whose love interest Amy is also abducted. He focuses all of his efforts to locate her with new technology and a job in Uruguay.The unique point of view of an autistic narrator is an ambitious project that worked remarkably well. I must say I was very surprised and pleased how Butler got into the mind of Gavin enough to let us see how a mild ASD might play out in someone's mind; but he portrayed Gavin 'normal' enough for us to refrain from pity. Gavin is an adorable and capable man who confirms my own experiences with autitstic people and I am grateful for this well accomplished representation.But the story is about human trafficking, the abducted girls and the terrors they endure. The included short story, told as a diary written by one of the abducted girls, is particularly powerful and impressive.As long as there is demand for human traffick little can be done to stop the terror - as is stated in the story.Butler did a great job at illustrating the heartache of family and relatives, too.An important subject handled incredibly well. Highly recommended.