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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.
Susana "Mite unbalanced.."
First of all there's nothing "mite" in Hale's "dissertation" in the Guardian of "Oh, someone didn´t like my work, look how I made t…more"Mite unbalanced.."
First of all there's nothing "mite" in Hale's "dissertation" in the Guardian of "Oh, someone didn´t like my work, look how I made them pay!"

Yes, I've read the article. Multiple times. And that is why I find extremely worrisome that some people are defending her behaviour.
Kathleen Hale is a paranoid, obsessive bully. And one that takes pride in her behaviour.
You don't have to be a psychologist to understand what she is saying.
Just a basic grasp on understanding what you're reading. That's is, if you want to understand it.
"Though-provoking"?
Yes, I find "though-provoking" how someone obviously so unbalanced was able to get "that piece of garbage" published in the Guardian.
But with the connections she has...I don't think anyone is surprised.

"self-awareness and a sense of compassion"
Right....
If she had any self-awareness, she wouldn't have done what she did, much less bragging about it.
Bottom Line, if she didn't have the connections she has, her career would be done.
You have nothing against the reviewer. No evidences, nothing.
Just the word of a bully.(less)
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