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A review by shinysylver
Black John by Amy Lane
I don't feel able to rate this book. I usually rate books based on personal enjoyment/appreciation and I don't feel able to do that with this book. It made me uncomfortable in a lot of ways. I don't regret reading it, but I certainly don't recommend it nor think I will ever reread it.
I'm used to the angst and melodrama that often populates Amy Lane's books (and often enjoy wallowing in it) but the topics in this story traveled too far into uncomfortable for me. To be fair she warns for some of the content at the beginning of the book so I had an idea what I was getting into. Some of the content in this book includes: heavy drug addiction, suicide, unhealthy relationships, unhealthy approaches to sex, over-sexualization at a young age, and child abuse. As is typical with Amy Lane books, the main characters overcome a lot of those things, but that didn't make some of it any easier to read about and she covered a lot of it in in-depth flashbacks.
I'm used to the angst and melodrama that often populates Amy Lane's books (and often enjoy wallowing in it) but the topics in this story traveled too far into uncomfortable for me. To be fair she warns for some of the content at the beginning of the book so I had an idea what I was getting into. Some of the content in this book includes: heavy drug addiction, suicide, unhealthy relationships, unhealthy approaches to sex, over-sexualization at a young age, and child abuse. As is typical with Amy Lane books, the main characters overcome a lot of those things, but that didn't make some of it any easier to read about and she covered a lot of it in in-depth flashbacks.