My Dark Vanessa: A Novel by
Kate Elizabeth Russell
My rating:
5 of 5 stars
I just need to give this 5* for so many reasons.
It’s a disturbing unsettling read, but it’s also completely compulsive.
It’s a topic that is both daunting and happens although this is a fiction novel.
A taboo subject that messes with your head.
A teacher perverted who messes with a 15 year olds head.
Vanessa hasn’t many friends, she seems lonely at times (to me)
A start of her teacher “grooming” Vanessa sent the hair on the back of my neck up on end.
What was twisted was the “affair”. When she finds out others had been ‘approached ‘ by him too, that was wrong, in Vanessas eyes, but her relationship with him (again in her eyes) was different, he cared about her, it was live, he loved her.
It ππ unsettling, you can easily see what’s going on and I wanted to call him out.
Report him. Challenge him. Punish him and protect Vanessa.
How did she equate in her mind that he could do this?
Because he loved her.
Yet, sometimes he repulsed her.
There are so many sides, views, aspects and divisions of this story that on the last page you will sit and reflect on what you’ve just read. I’m sure you will.
This is such a well written book, it tackles this so well all the mindsets were interesting as I could see that although some things were plain and simple to me, to others, we view things differently.
Will he be brought to account?
Will Vanessa view what he did as abuse etc ?
This is released in January 2020 and I for one just π±πͺπ to read it.
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