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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.
Karma♥Bites ^.~ Huh. I find it disturbing that an adult would swallow--hook, line & sinker--one person's superficial version of events (especially re: such serious ac…moreHuh. I find it disturbing that an adult would swallow--hook, line & sinker--one person's superficial version of events (especially re: such serious actions) w/o any independent validation or comparison. But most certainly 'off' is the fact that anyone would even think it rational to try & equalise two very different behaviour so to justify Hale's creepy, creepy actions.

As I noted elsewhere, just b/c I slapped you doesn't mean that you can shoot me--and certainly not *months* after the fact. Proportionality in response, coupled with grip on reality--think on that, pls.(less)
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