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A review by em_beddedinbooks
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
3.0
This book gave me quite an unpleasant visceral reaction all while I read it, and am not quite sure, why, as I could scarcely relate myself to the OCD or circumstances of the female protagonist, who is living in fear of her former psychopathic lover, who is about to get out of prison.
Cathy, a fast girl, falls hard for the suave Lee whose scary, violence filled profession is first kept a secret from her. Slowly she loses control of her life, and is forced to undergo a complete makeover. But things start heating up, and her obsessive disorder and panic attacks heighten when Lee 's release becomes known to her. She depends more and more on her kindly upstairs neighbour, Stuart, who almost seems a rock of support.
I love dark psychological tales, but this one stymied me. I was of course, irritated by the frequent and almost obsessive mentions of Catherine's various OCD behaviours (by the end of the book I could chant what she does from morning to night, without missing a step),but I was frightened by my response to the book - I felt increased cardiac activity, and sort of a constriction of chest, almost amounting to dyspnoea at rest, while reading the book; it was as if I myself was undergoing a mild panic attack. Finished it at almost a stretch as I didnot want this feeling of unease to persist and amplify.
Cathy, a fast girl, falls hard for the suave Lee whose scary, violence filled profession is first kept a secret from her. Slowly she loses control of her life, and is forced to undergo a complete makeover. But things start heating up, and her obsessive disorder and panic attacks heighten when Lee 's release becomes known to her. She depends more and more on her kindly upstairs neighbour, Stuart, who almost seems a rock of support.
I love dark psychological tales, but this one stymied me. I was of course, irritated by the frequent and almost obsessive mentions of Catherine's various OCD behaviours (by the end of the book I could chant what she does from morning to night, without missing a step),but I was frightened by my response to the book - I felt increased cardiac activity, and sort of a constriction of chest, almost amounting to dyspnoea at rest, while reading the book; it was as if I myself was undergoing a mild panic attack. Finished it at almost a stretch as I didnot want this feeling of unease to persist and amplify.