This is the worst thing I have EVER read endured!!
The title couldn't have been more fitting. This IS unacceptable behavior! This is an unacceptable book. This is unacceptable period.
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8% Zack unearth a fifth of top shelf whiskey from the duffle bag at his feet (...) He knocked it back grumpily over the next hour, getting half smashed before Sam finally pulled into a fleabag motel (...)
Okay, "a fifth of whiskey" means 750 ml. And he emptied it over an hour? And he was only "half smashed"? He should be dead, or something...?? Apparently not if you're an alcoholic, but STILL!!
18% When he scooped the laptop up off the table, and threw it against the motel door as hard as he felt like, it was a complete surprise to them both.
20% That was stupid. He was sure it had been expensive. But, it had definitely gotten Sam's undivided attention. He smirked.
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20% His frustration boiled over, and without planning to, he smacked Zack hard across the jaw. Stunned, Zack doubled over, grabbing his face and howling in disbelief. "You bitch! Did you just slap me?"
What was the name of the book again? Oh, yeah! UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR! :-O
24% What is wrong with you?" Sam hissed "Why do you DO this?"
Well, first: He's DRUNK OFF HIS ASS from downing a whole bottle of whiskey ferchristsake!
29% "You're acting like a goddamn teenager. And I'm not dealing with a sloppy, selfish kid any more, Zack. This stops now before you do something really stupid.
Uhm.....? Didn't he already do something "really stupid"?
29% Zack couldn't seem to get his breathing under control. He was panting like a dog (...)
Okay I was going to find a panting dog gif, but came across this one. It made me laugh, and there's nothing left, but laughing about this since it's TERRIBLE!
39% His heart leaped from his gut to his throat to his balls, rolling around like a marble in a maze.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! OMFG! That's the worst description I've ever heard! So ridiculous that I burst out laughing.
44% He'd taken the belt before, but never from Sam. And never the fuck like this. Getting bent over once a week had been a good week for him growing up.
46% Not only is this terribly BAD, the constant shifting of POV in the middle of the text makes it really confusing!
49% Until Sam reached out and stroked his face and Zack nearly cracked in two.
Uhm??? Cracked in two??
69% I'm not doing this to hurt you, Zack. I'm doing this because I love you."
71% God, he was going to die. If Sam kept spanking him, he was going to die. And if he stopped... fuck, if he stopped, he was going to die sooner.
82% Sam undressed quickly, mouth dry as he stared down at Zack, punished and pitiful, welts starting to form, bruises no doubt hiding beneath the bright red skin. The desire to take the pain away collided with the desire to give him more.
91% They stay layered that way, dazed, until Zack finally spoke. "You wanna get off me? My ass is killing me." Sam snapped out of half sleep. "Shit. Sorry." He slid out and off, rolling onto his side next to Zack. He wrapped an arm around his waist, kissed his shoulder gently.
Yeah, like THAT is going to make it alright?!!!!!! ARRRGGHHH!
Wow, that was absolutely… awful! Talk about romanticizing abuse.
I’m not sure where to start. The clocking in the face? The ‘you deserve it’ part? The getting beaten by a belt IN THE PARKING LOT? The getting off on said abuse?
Here is my ‘favorite’ quote that sums it up nicely:
“I’m not doing this to hurt you, Zack. I’m doing it because I love you.”
Thank you Marco and Marte. It was a unique experience.
I had to finish it for a challenge, so - don't laugh or throw slippers or stick gum in my hair :/
The story reads like part of a series, or a chapter, or a side story - pick one.
What we have:
Sam, who is a workaholic, the type that sits at his laptop night and day, instead of spending time with his partner. Zack, who is emotionally unstable, has anger issues, and drowns his loneliness in booze.
Sam and Zack are travelling by car "to get away from it all" and are forced to stop for one night during a freak storm at some sorry motel.
Zack has a tantrum when Sam takes out his laptop to do some "work", and smashes the damn thing against the door. (Honestly, I would have done the exact same thing.) That results in Sam putting a good old belt to Zack's hide and then, in addition, bending him over a knee and delivering more spanking. Zack is no stranger to a belt, as his old man used that particular parenting technique plenty of times, which is ...OK, because in Zack's mind that's the only way to deal with his issues. And that tells you a lot right there.
As far as I am concerned, Sam can easily stand some very sound spanking himself and in copious amounts.
The other disturbing part - Sam calling Zack "young man" and Zack feeling "like home". This whole thing bothered me to no end. Imagine Zack bent over Sam's knee and getting hornier by the minute because the whole situation reminds him of his father beating the shit out of him. Is there a shrink in the house?
I am not really into the spankings and I also think by giving Zach what he likes when he is bad would push him to continue being bad. Sam is doing something that turns Zach on. I would be bad all the time.