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Bezig met laden... Inside Darknessdoor Hudson Lin
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Not a very happy theme to this one and parts of it were very hard to read. I liked learning early on what Cam's darkness was and how it changed as he did. It was an original and compelling read. Cam and Ty are fascinating characters, both with painful stories, but somehow it never felt over the top. I would have liked more focus on why they’re attracted to each other so early on, which would have brought more romantic tension into the story and enhanced their relationship. While the book doesn't try to give a cure-all for PTSD, or present the fantasy that falling in love can make everything immediately all better...but it does show that falling in love with a really good person that will take you with all your bumps and bruises...can go a long way in helping you come to terms with almost anything that life throws at you. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
After a decade as an aid worker, Cameron Donnelly returns home jaded, tired, and with more than just a minor case of PTSD. Plagued by recurring nightmares but refusing to admit he has a problem, Cam quickly spirals into an alcohol-infused depression, and everyone around him is at a loss for how to help. Journalist Tyler Ang met Cam on a reporting assignment in Kenya, and their first encounters were rife with hostility and sexual tension. Back in New York, their paths continually cross, and each time, Cam's brokenness reminds Ty more and more of his own difficult childhood. Letting Cam in goes against Ty's instinct to live life autonomously, but the damaged aid worker manages to sneak past his guard. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Despite the telling habit, the author managed to show me how serious and crippling and dangerous Cam's PTSD is. Conversely, except for one scene, I found Ty's issues less well supported, told what they were, told why he's career-focused rather than shown. Telling removes the power, the urgency of a childhood wound serious enough to drive his whole adulthood (until Cam shows up). However, I really liked Cam and Ty's dynamic, the intense attraction versus what each thinks he wants/needs/deserves, and I liked the other characters, even the slut-shaming sister, even the racist mother. In fact, Ty's troubles with racism were striking, it was one of the better aspects of his character, in that 'you're your own worst enemy, sometimes' way. (He's Chinese American.)
I liked what Cam's darkness was and how it changed as he did. Despite its flaws, give this one a try. ( )