This was a chilling and disturbing story involving child abduction and sexual abuse.
As repulsive the subject is, and I can tell you, I very nearly stopped reading it, the author chose to write the story in the first person, from the point of view of one of the abducted boys, so I kept with it. County never exploited the horror, nor did he go into any gritty details. He leaves it up to the readers' imagination, which was a very savvy and professional way to tell this story.
Be warned, if your squeamish this may be a difficult read.
That said, it was very well written.
I also believe County is doing readers a service by bringing the horror of this kind of crime to light. Whenever I hear of child abuse in the news I can touch this story and think, "I'm glad they caught the bastard!" This is not the kind of story I seek, I don't like being that close this kind of crime but I do feel that I'm better off for reading it.
I still want to take a shower. Yuck!
I also believe County is doing readers a service by bringing the horror of this kind of crime to light. Whenever I hear of child abuse in the news I can touch this story and think, "I'm glad they caught the bastard!" This is not the kind of story I seek, I don't like being that close this kind of crime but I do feel that I'm better off for reading it.
I still want to take a shower. Yuck!
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