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Docile
by K.M. Szpara
***WARNING*** This book could be triggering. This covers the topics of rape, financial disparity, abuse, etc.
The book had me very conflicted about how I felt about everything. During the first half of the book, I was beginning to grow concerned that the author was completely romanticizing this complicated non-consensual but consensual, Stockholm, BDSM relationship? I was surprised and relieved by the second half of the book that faced the issues head-on without beating around the bush. The same questions I posed in the first half for certain events were all asked and answered by the end.
In this dystopia, indentured servitude, and the way they treat them is normal. Because this has gone on for so long, the way everyone lives is not questioned. It felt like an exaggerated version of our democracy. It commented on the issues of the financial gap, debt, big business influence, and addressing large age gaps that a lot of people may experience in dating in their youth with a dash of slavery & non-consensual BDSM.
Why 4.5 Stars?
The very end presents this open-door for hope for those who may have romanticized this entire situation and may not have actually questioned everything that was presented in this story. I am not a fan of this relationship at all. This was a hard read because it made me questioning past-relationships and what was manipulative or consensual. It did trigger those memories and I felt that the synopsis of the book was written to sell a romance and what was actually inside of these pages is completely different from it. I think this should definitely have a trigger warning at the beginning of the book. While it brought up unpleasant memories and large conversation between my peers who have also read it, we could not put it down.
This is a dark book and not for the faint of heart. I absolutely recommend this for those who are open to the conversation that starts in this.
The book had me very conflicted about how I felt about everything. During the first half of the book, I was beginning to grow concerned that the author was completely romanticizing this complicated non-consensual but consensual, Stockholm, BDSM relationship? I was surprised and relieved by the second half of the book that faced the issues head-on without beating around the bush. The same questions I posed in the first half for certain events were all asked and answered by the end.
In this dystopia, indentured servitude, and the way they treat them is normal. Because this has gone on for so long, the way everyone lives is not questioned. It felt like an exaggerated version of our democracy. It commented on the issues of the financial gap, debt, big business influence, and addressing large age gaps that a lot of people may experience in dating in their youth with a dash of slavery & non-consensual BDSM.
Why 4.5 Stars?
The very end presents this open-door for hope for those who may have romanticized this entire situation and may not have actually questioned everything that was presented in this story. I am not a fan of this relationship at all. This was a hard read because it made me questioning past-relationships and what was manipulative or consensual. It did trigger those memories and I felt that the synopsis of the book was written to sell a romance and what was actually inside of these pages is completely different from it. I think this should definitely have a trigger warning at the beginning of the book. While it brought up unpleasant memories and large conversation between my peers who have also read it, we could not put it down.
This is a dark book and not for the faint of heart. I absolutely recommend this for those who are open to the conversation that starts in this.