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A review by karmonick
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
5.0
This book literally shook me to my core. I'm a mental health therapist so maybe I see it differently than some other people. I was drawn into this immediately. The writing style alone is intoxicating - Kate truly knows how to put a soul on paper.
The description of grooming and abuse is so raw and real. You watch as a teenage girls mind transforms as a result of being groomed. The lasting effects this had on her throughout life, the way she contorted her every move around this predator. I think this book is truly a powerful staple to understand predators and abuse, to see those red flags, to understand the never ending effects of this.
The description of grooming and abuse is so raw and real. You watch as a teenage girls mind transforms as a result of being groomed. The lasting effects this had on her throughout life, the way she contorted her every move around this predator. I think this book is truly a powerful staple to understand predators and abuse, to see those red flags, to understand the never ending effects of this.