Slim as it is, it took me quite a while to finish it because I kept making the mistake of reading it at bedtime and could only manage a chapter a night. However, if you can appreciate the scene in the context of the book itself, you should experience more than visceral objection. Warning: there is one scene in particular, between the father and the college-aged son, which may disgust some readers. This constant analyzing is what makes Blood Gravity so powerful.
Though the narrator doesn't try to justify the way his father has treated him, he does explore the logic his father has used to justify the behavior. What would seem like a simple black/white, right/wrong relationship isn't so simple through the eyes of the victim. The emotional complication arises as the reader learns more about the narrator's confusing history with his father. He assumes that this sexual abuse will continue with his little brother, 5-year old Ben. A college student has lived his entire life being sexually abused by his father. The story here is simple plot-wise though is rather emotionally complex.
This is important because Blood Gravity sucks you in, tests your moral limitations, breaks your heart, and then.leaves you.
It's important to note that Blood Gravity is a short prequel to a forthcoming novel series.
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