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A review by brgntteva
Mayhem by Sigrid Rausing
4.0
“Not doing something because one will feel guilty if one does it is not necessarily a good reason not to do it. Morality born out of intimidation is immoral.”
You might take this statement as obvious, underestimate it, but think about what it takes for a sister to stop endlessly helping her addict brother, what it takes from a daughter to slowly build a distance from her highly toxic mother to try and live, what it takes from a father to stop giving money to his addict son, think about them and realise what the cost of guilt is.
Mayhem by Sigrid Rausig is about her brother and sister-in-law addiction, but it’s so much more. She manages to open the discussion up on much more than her personal experience. She talks about drug culture, drug addictions, family, about the consequences of addiction to a family, she talks about genes or environment, about words themselves, about limits, silence and secrets. Deeply emotional read that’ll stick with me for a long while.
You might take this statement as obvious, underestimate it, but think about what it takes for a sister to stop endlessly helping her addict brother, what it takes from a daughter to slowly build a distance from her highly toxic mother to try and live, what it takes from a father to stop giving money to his addict son, think about them and realise what the cost of guilt is.
Mayhem by Sigrid Rausig is about her brother and sister-in-law addiction, but it’s so much more. She manages to open the discussion up on much more than her personal experience. She talks about drug culture, drug addictions, family, about the consequences of addiction to a family, she talks about genes or environment, about words themselves, about limits, silence and secrets. Deeply emotional read that’ll stick with me for a long while.