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Brian Yatman asked this question about No One Else Can Have You (No One Else Can Have You, #1):
The comments seem a mite unbalanced. Have you guys actually read the Guardian article? Did the behaviour of the reviewer not strike you as a little "off"? Sure, Kathleen Hale shouldn't have let all this get to her like she did, but there's a real Salem witch-trial vibe to all this that I find disturbing. I found her article thought-provoking and not without self-awareness and a sense of compassion towards her subject.
Iola 1. Yes, I read the Guardian article.

2. The only comments on the "behaviour of the reviewer" were from Hale, and I didn't find her a credible witness

3.…more1. Yes, I read the Guardian article.

2. The only comments on the "behaviour of the reviewer" were from Hale, and I didn't find her a credible witness

3. I agree. The article was thought-provoking. In a "what is Hale ON!?" kind of way (because what she was describing doesn't seem to me to be normal behaviour).

4. I agree that Hale showed some self-awareness. She appeared to know that what she was doing was wrong, but she did it anyway. I find that lack of self-control disturbing. Psychologists say past behaviour is the best predictor of future behaviour and Hale has at least one prior arrest for assault (she wrote an article about it).

5. I saw no evidence that Hale had any sense of compassion towards her subject, if you mean the reviewer. (less)
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