sam’s Reviews > My Dark Vanessa > Status Update

"I had no reason to care about rape then--I was a lucky kid, safe and securely loved-- but that story hit me hard. Somehow I sensed what was coming for me even then. Really, though, what girl doesn't? It loons over you, that threat of violence. They drill the danger into your head until it starts to feel inevitable. You grow up wondering when it's finally going to happen."