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bookcrazyblogger 's review for:
Into the Darkest Corner
by Elizabeth Haynes
It never felt like I was in an abusive relationship until I couldn’t get out. When I tried so hard to break free but he somehow was able to manipulate me and guilt me into staying. I knew the only way to get out of that relationship was to slowly manipulate him into being with another woman, that he was cheating on me with. Even when he was with another woman (a different one than the one who he cheated on me with), he still got off on his control and power over me. When he punched walls instead of me, I thought well, I was the one who made him angry. When he gaslighted me, I thought I deserved it. When he would say things like that I was snobby, I was rude to his friends, that none of his friends liked me because I was so horrible to them...I thought it was my fault, instead of realizing that he was purposefully putting a boundary between me and people who would potentially pick me over him. When he would berate me over doing functional adult things, I would feel bad about myself, when it was Peter Pan who should have felt guilty. That’s all I can write right now about my past relationship. This book brought a lot of this past up for me, which was upsetting but it also helped me heal. It made me feel like I wasn’t alone for having not spotted the warning signs.
Into the Darkest Corner is split between past and present Catherine Bailey, a survivor of an abusive relationship. We watch as the beginnings of this perfect relationship enfold and it’s only after my own experience, that I can begin to see the pitfalls before it becomes too late. Present day Cathy struggles with severe OCD and PTSD, trying to make a new life for herself, especially when a new neighbor moves in. As anyone who knows what being an abusive relationship is like, the abuser doesn’t let his victim go, until he can find a new victim. Everything seems to be on an upward swing until the phone rings one day.
Into the Darkest Corner is split between past and present Catherine Bailey, a survivor of an abusive relationship. We watch as the beginnings of this perfect relationship enfold and it’s only after my own experience, that I can begin to see the pitfalls before it becomes too late. Present day Cathy struggles with severe OCD and PTSD, trying to make a new life for herself, especially when a new neighbor moves in. As anyone who knows what being an abusive relationship is like, the abuser doesn’t let his victim go, until he can find a new victim. Everything seems to be on an upward swing until the phone rings one day.