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A review by pekoparty
Molly by Blake Butler
3.0
Look, I perhaps picked this out at the wrong time. I can't remember. I've had three deaths this year. That could be something that colors my reading. My main thoughts are: 1. Who the hell edited this? and 2. Men should not be allowed to write about women.
1. - many errors, including duplicated sentences. I understand there was a rush to reprint, due to demand. I hope that this can be revised and given care.
2. - I won't add anything that other people have already added to the conversation of airing of a dead person's dirty laundry. It was clear to me early on, and through reading other sources including Molly's own poems, that she experienced something akin to BPD. Her abuse of power and position, to me, seemed punitive of herself. She was complex. When I think of BPD, I think of the desire to be loved wholly, authentically, and truly. And the difficulty that comes with attempting to believe that. I think Molly deserved a little better than this.
Final large thought: HOW UNETHICAL to be the therapist for two people in a relationship, individually. I don't know if it's LPCs or an old way of working, but is this not violently inappropriate? I could not imagine processing the death of one client with an existing client who was married to that person. It doesn't feel ethical, therapeutic, or like best standards of care.
I need a death break.
1. - many errors, including duplicated sentences. I understand there was a rush to reprint, due to demand. I hope that this can be revised and given care.
2. - I won't add anything that other people have already added to the conversation of airing of a dead person's dirty laundry. It was clear to me early on, and through reading other sources including Molly's own poems, that she experienced something akin to BPD. Her abuse of power and position, to me, seemed punitive of herself. She was complex. When I think of BPD, I think of the desire to be loved wholly, authentically, and truly. And the difficulty that comes with attempting to believe that. I think Molly deserved a little better than this.
Final large thought: HOW UNETHICAL to be the therapist for two people in a relationship, individually. I don't know if it's LPCs or an old way of working, but is this not violently inappropriate? I could not imagine processing the death of one client with an existing client who was married to that person. It doesn't feel ethical, therapeutic, or like best standards of care.
I need a death break.