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A review by mapally
Children of No One by Nicole Cushing
4.0
Wow, I don't know what I was expecting, but this was a dark and disturbing piece. The basic premise was to create an experiment in Pavlov's conditional response theory using boys that were sold by their parents to the artist. The content was creepy in that a man was willing to pay a LARGE sum of money to witness this piece of "behavioral art". This story also supports the theory that the boy's reality was completely dictated by their perception of their environment. Being held in a maze in complete darkness with portions changing on a regular basis. In order to get food they needed to listen for bells to ring and then get to that location to be able to get food.
One of the more ironic portion of this story is that the boys in this deranged environment though that the people giving them food were "angels". Instead of understanding that they were being held captive for MANY years against their will, they looked at their caretakers as angels.
I think this is a story that I will think about probably more than I would like to. I will say that some portions were disturbing to me as a mother of 3 boys, but I was still intrigued to understand what the actual activity would be as the ultimate performance of this overall art experience.
Overall, the content was disturbing, but I thought the author did a great job telling the story and giving a lot of detail to let the reader truly understand the conditions of the process.
Note: I was provided a copy of this book for an unbiased review.
One of the more ironic portion of this story is that the boys in this deranged environment though that the people giving them food were "angels". Instead of understanding that they were being held captive for MANY years against their will, they looked at their caretakers as angels.
I think this is a story that I will think about probably more than I would like to. I will say that some portions were disturbing to me as a mother of 3 boys, but I was still intrigued to understand what the actual activity would be as the ultimate performance of this overall art experience.
Overall, the content was disturbing, but I thought the author did a great job telling the story and giving a lot of detail to let the reader truly understand the conditions of the process.
Note: I was provided a copy of this book for an unbiased review.