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A review by chickenx1000
Yes, Daddy by Jonathan Parks-Ramage
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book truly knocked the wind out of me.
Dark, emotional, and genre-bending. At times my pulse quickened; I thought "perhaps this more of a thriller than I thought", the darker end of the domestic suspense genre.
It had a little bit of the "offer that's too good to be true" thriller trope at first, then it had a little bit of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf twisted love games, it's got the compound and the vile rich and famous, then it veers to outright horror [CW: the book contains some graphic sexual assault, drug use, and mental health themes].
And then, it simmered into lit fic territory, introspective, observational, culminating into a series of emotional gut-punches.
Personally, I was moved by the religious commentary, the self-loathing narrative, and the unlikely, bittersweet redemption story at its heart.
Dark, emotional, and genre-bending. At times my pulse quickened; I thought "perhaps this more of a thriller than I thought", the darker end of the domestic suspense genre.
It had a little bit of the "offer that's too good to be true" thriller trope at first, then it had a little bit of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf twisted love games, it's got the compound and the vile rich and famous, then it veers to outright horror [CW: the book contains some graphic sexual assault, drug use, and mental health themes].
And then, it simmered into lit fic territory, introspective, observational, culminating into a series of emotional gut-punches.
Personally, I was moved by the religious commentary, the self-loathing narrative, and the unlikely, bittersweet redemption story at its heart.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Suicide