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Into the Darkest Corner
by Elizabeth Haynes
Oh. My. God.
So, I should preface this with the fact that I had to take this book out of the library five times before I actually found the opportunity to read it. I suppose it says something about the first fifty pages if I kept taking it back out on the basis of what was written there. What a read!
Catherine is a young woman whose story is told in two parallel timelines: 2003/2004 and 2007/2008. When we meet her past self she's a party girl looking for a good time, and when we meet her present self, she's struggling with OCD and PTSD, the survivor of an abusive relationship and an attempt on her life. The two timelines tell the tale of the abusive relationship, and her gradual recovery from the OCD/PTSD, with the consequent rebuilding of her life. There's a fascinating description of the gradual devolution of self in an abusive relationship, and the daily survival of a woman with OCD & PTSD. Then there are the two relationships: the abusive one, which starts out quite normally; and the one she forms as she recovers.
Things that were amazing about this:
- psychiatric portrait of the OCD / PTSD
- development of the abusive relationship
- suspense!
- and where would it be without a little romance?
I LOVED this. Couldn't put it down. I have so much to do and I spent the day reading this book.
So, I should preface this with the fact that I had to take this book out of the library five times before I actually found the opportunity to read it. I suppose it says something about the first fifty pages if I kept taking it back out on the basis of what was written there. What a read!
Catherine is a young woman whose story is told in two parallel timelines: 2003/2004 and 2007/2008. When we meet her past self she's a party girl looking for a good time, and when we meet her present self, she's struggling with OCD and PTSD, the survivor of an abusive relationship and an attempt on her life. The two timelines tell the tale of the abusive relationship, and her gradual recovery from the OCD/PTSD, with the consequent rebuilding of her life. There's a fascinating description of the gradual devolution of self in an abusive relationship, and the daily survival of a woman with OCD & PTSD. Then there are the two relationships: the abusive one, which starts out quite normally; and the one she forms as she recovers.
Things that were amazing about this:
- psychiatric portrait of the OCD / PTSD
- development of the abusive relationship
- suspense!
- and where would it be without a little romance?
I LOVED this. Couldn't put it down. I have so much to do and I spent the day reading this book.