Jessica’s answer to “Is this book going to horrify me?” > Likes and Comments
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Jessica, you took the words right out of my mouth. He was a child as much as she was. They needed each other equally to make sane in an insane situation. He did not take advantage of her but helped to keep her safe, physically and mentally, in the very abusive life she was living. I believe he was her salvation.
Agree! Her life without having him there to protect her all those years, would have been completely different.
Yes. It is so easy to label, but the fragility of the human condition is a complex thing. The author delved into the hearts and souls of these damaged characters to give us, the reader, compassion for a situation that is socially unacceptable. What an extraordinary feat!
This is the first explanation that I've been able to get on board with. Thank you.
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Jan 07, 2017 10:58AM
Jessica, you took the words right out of my mouth. He was a child as much as she was. They needed each other equally to make sane in an insane situation. He did not take advantage of her but helped to keep her safe, physically and mentally, in the very abusive life she was living. I believe he was her salvation.
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Agree! Her life without having him there to protect her all those years, would have been completely different.
Yes. It is so easy to label, but the fragility of the human condition is a complex thing. The author delved into the hearts and souls of these damaged characters to give us, the reader, compassion for a situation that is socially unacceptable. What an extraordinary feat!
This is the first explanation that I've been able to get on board with. Thank you.
