Break Her in Buddy Read Zone

Oct 24, 2013 Lady Vigilante (Feifei) rated it really liked it

Shelves: dark-taboo-forbidden-reads, dark-reads, i-love-my-friends, mind-fuck-me-some-more-will-ya

4 thought-provoking stars!

This isn't a love story. No Stockholm Syndrome type of thing. There's rape of all forms. Physical rape, emotional rape, mind rape. I wasn't even in the story, but I felt like my brain cells were getting sucked out by this C.R.A.Z.Y. dude. I, however, didn't find this book to be a thriller. I think my reaction was supposed to be this...

description

Instead, this was my reaction (for the most part)...

description

I'm pretty messed up. The female character is repeatedly raped and I couldn't stop ...more

37 likes · Like · see review

May 13, 2013 DKristin rated it liked it

Shelves: own-a-copy

I really liked this book. I don't think it was at all what I was expecting. From what I heard others say about it I guess I was expecting to be really creeped out and upset about a lot of it. I really enjoyed this authors writing style. It was smart and they tied in so many references to pop culture. I really enjoyed the "Her" character as well. She was really smart and rational and definitely a survivor. There wasn't really a shock and awe factor for me though because even he said he felt that ...more

20 likes · Like · see review

Jun 28, 2013 Angie **loves angst** rated it it was amazing

"I'm supposed to destroy you without killing you. They don't want you dead."

This book is a mind fucker!!!
description

After finishing this book, I sat in stunned silence for a few minutes trying to process what I read. I was thinking about it so much that my head started to hurt. First let me say this story is unlike anything I have ever read. Its raw, its brutal, its sadistic, its mind-bending, its simply unbelievably gripping. I felt like I was on a roller coaster, I hate riding it, but for some reason I c ...more

11 likes · Like · see review

Jun 26, 2013 Jen rated it liked it

Shelves: damaged-hero-heroine, erotic-romance, dark-reads, kindle-own, may-reads

This one took me awhile to get through as I was on holidays while I was reading it. I found this book to be more on the physcological thriller side of things. I had expected more in depth description of what was going on between the rapist and his victim. Instead, the author more described what was going on in each of the characters head and their thoughts on their feelings. For that reason, I didn't think it was as dark as I thought it would be. Not to say that it wasn't dark in its content; be This one took me awhile to get through as I was on holidays while I was reading it. I found this book to be more on the physcological thriller side of things. I had expected more in depth description of what was going on between the rapist and his victim. Instead, the author more described what was going on in each of the characters head and their thoughts on their feelings. For that reason, I didn't think it was as dark as I thought it would be. Not to say that it wasn't dark in its content; because this book had a lot of rape in it. The thing was, I felt kind of detached from the rapes and beatings, because it wasn't described as in depth as I have read in other books. To say that I "enjoyed" the book, I don't think would be very accurate. I definitely can admit that the author's writing is very good, and it gave me lots to think about as I was reading. The insight that I got from the victim as well as from the rapist, was very interesting and gave me lots of "food for thought.."

This book is for sure not for everybody. It is most assuredly NOT a romance in any way, shape, or form. It is a mind f**k, and a huge mind game between the victim and her tormentor. We are never even given the man's name, and there are some questions that were never fully revealed when all was said and done. I recommend this book to anyone who likes to be given lots to think about as they are reading. There is also some form of suspense while reading this story as well. I was constantly wondering what was going to happen at the end, and who was going to triumph over the other.
Would I read this book again? Not a chance!! Does that mean that I didn't enjoy it?? No, not at all! I will admit though, I was bored at times, as well as I expected a lot more detail into the rapes and possible torture; but for some readers it would be a relief to know that the abuse was written in a way that was easier to take!

Thank you Jahy for recommending this book to me, and I would absolutely read another story from B.G. Harlen. ...more

10 likes · Like · see review

Nov 07, 2012 Natalie rated it it was amazing

Talk about a mindfuck....

I am having a hard time writing this review. I want to say that I loved this book but it just feels wrong to love something that is so dark and disturbing. But if I am going to be honest with myself I really did love it. It was brutal and sick but also witty, sarcastic, and believe it or not funny at times. I laughed, I cried, I gagged. I don't think a book has made me think as much as this one has in a long time.

"Oh, god," she said, from the floor. "I don't know whi
Talk about a mindfuck....

I am having a hard time writing this review. I want to say that I loved this book but it just feels wrong to love something that is so dark and disturbing. But if I am going to be honest with myself I really did love it. It was brutal and sick but also witty, sarcastic, and believe it or not funny at times. I laughed, I cried, I gagged. I don't think a book has made me think as much as this one has in a long time.

"Oh, god," she said, from the floor. "I don't know which is going to be more exhausting. The intellectual fencing or the fucking."

I think that quote sums up the book rather well. There is no easing into this story, it smacks you right in the face and you are unable to recover until the end and maybe even well after that. Right from the very first page you are thrown into a series of relentless rapes and psychological torture.

You learn very little about the characters, not their names, not the why or who behind the reason for these events. While the need to find some answers did cross my mind it truly was inconsequential to the story, it wasn't what the story was about. This is a story about the game that these two characters are playing with each other. The game and characters are written so well, with such intellect. The male character pissed me off with his arrogant demeanor. You felt his coldness, you could picture his evil smirk and you believed every minute of it. The female character broke my heart, not from having to endure the sexual assaults but from her almost clinical numb view on the situation and her life. I wanted to shake some emotion into her at times but then she wouldn't have been as intriguing as she was.

Understandably this book is not for everyone but for those who do choose to read it I can only hope that it creates the same level of emotion in you that it did in me. After all a good book is more than just the words written on the pages, its the feelings and emotions that will never leave you after having read it. ...more

3 likes · Like · see review

Nov 06, 2012 Kathy rated it it was amazing

Warning: This is not a romance, nor does it have any romantic or erotic tendencies. This is a mind bending psychological thriller that contains malevolent and inhuman behaviors. With that said, WOW!! I haven't been mind-screwed like this since....EVER. I didn't fall in love with this anti-hero. Far from it. There is no Stockholm Syndrome in this book. I really debated with myself on whether to read this one or not. I admit it. I was scared. I'm still scared! Just a few pages in and I was like WT Warning: This is not a romance, nor does it have any romantic or erotic tendencies. This is a mind bending psychological thriller that contains malevolent and inhuman behaviors. With that said, WOW!! I haven't been mind-screwed like this since....EVER. I didn't fall in love with this anti-hero. Far from it. There is no Stockholm Syndrome in this book. I really debated with myself on whether to read this one or not. I admit it. I was scared. I'm still scared! Just a few pages in and I was like WTH?! I can't read this! But, I trudged onward....to my next Holy #$%@!! I can't read this! And I kept on reading, but I sped up my reading pace to just get through it. I didn't want to linger in it, because it was so dark and scary. Not dim....DARK! Did I mention scary? This one is one of those sleep with a night light and a chef's knife under your pillow kind of scary!

If you've followed me for a while, you know I love a good dark book every now and again, but OMG! At what point did I become a masochist? This book is not just dark...it is THE DARKEST. It is definitely not for the faint at heart. This book is not for everyone.

He is the professional...the destroyer...the professional rape artist. He is a man hired to seek and destroy another human being...to obliterate a person's very soul. But he didn't limit his hired services to destroy only women. Men were also his victims. He was an equal-opportunity rapist and annihilator. His target for this game? Her. These are the only two characters in this story, and the entire story is focused on the two nameless characters. There are no descriptors. There is no back story. There is no preparation for the brutality to be witnessed in this book. The story opens with her being unconscious and him deep inside her, waiting for her to wake so that he can begin his soul destruction....via rape and degradation.

"'I stand outside myself, watching myself watching myself. I smile. I smile. I smile.' If you just substituted scream for smile, it was dead on."

What he didn't count on is her strength, her hope, and her will to not be broken. He had never come across a target like her before. She knew his game and would play her own in defense, but she also knew that in order to win, she might have to lose. I don't normally give longer quotes in a review, but this book really made me think. How would I view repeated rape? Would I crumble? Would I summon every bit of strength I had for survival?

"It had to be different for everyone. Rape was horrible, but not every woman could consider it the most horrible thing that could happen. There were so many things that could happen that were potentially even worse.

"Or maybe there needed to be a new paradigm. Her paradigm. I've been f%#$ed up the ass by Fate. What do you think you can do to me with your little, f%#$ing penis?"

He is so confident and calm in his dialogue, making his character even more terrifying. She studied him and found what made him calm and what made him angry....and when he became angry, it was as quick as someone flipping a switch. I never saw it coming, and her punishment was shameless and humiliating. But, the most terrifying this man became was when he simply said one word..."Checkmate." My heart stopped.

There were so many strange scenes in this story. Scenes when they talk of movie quotes and t.v. shows, relating them to the events that are happening. Perhaps this was part of the mind-screw effect on the reader? It's almost as though the casualness of the abstract conversations relating to such a serious and ugly situation made the story even more terrifying. I kept reading...and hoping...and reading, but any reprieve from the terror never came. There are so many twists and mind benders in this book, I couldn't help but continue reading. The biggest shock came to me toward the end of the book, but I am...well, I don't know what word to use here, so I will settle with pleased...in how the story ended. As I mentioned, this book will make you think. What is rape really? Is rape the most horrifying thing a woman can face? Is it worse than death? Is penetration of the body so much worse than penetration of the mind or spirit? How can something so beautiful and used to show love by some be used as such a destructive weapon by others?

So, why did I give this book such a high rating as 5 stars? I do not rate a book based on content, but on how it made me feel...the emotions it gave me - or took from me in this case. This book drained me emotionally and twisted my mind and view of the world. The author presented me, the reader, with a gift of brilliance in the form of writing, even though the content was horrific and savage. Take caution before reading. You are entering the darkest zone you can possibly enter, and I dare say that this book will not leave me for a long while. ...more

1 like · Like · see review