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Jul 28, 2015sunflwrsu rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I so looked forward to reading this book and to say it was excessive in its graphic description of abuse, rape and dehumanization is perhaps not a strong enough word. So while I can appreciate that the author wanted to explore and try to have the audience capture maybe a tenth of what the character felt, I think it distracted from our ability to read this with any kind of pleasure. You rooted for Acheron, yet it never let up that he was constantly fighting a battle. Abuse without question must be like this and the pain felt by a victim must be beyond understanding and I don't want to offend any victim of abuse in any way, I think in context of a book of fiction it was too much. Thankfully there is the second part of the book that helped you relax a bit and enjoy his journey a bit more. If there were gods, well I suspect we would dislike them intensely for their game playing. To the comment about Styxx being similar, thankfully I held strong and read that book as well and it was not anywhere near to the degree of Acheron in its graphic abuse. Styxx is worth reading to see the other side of the relationship between the siblings and gives you such a great picture of how our interpretations of anothers life is almost always incorrect. If you havent read Styxx it is well worth the read. I gave Acheron 3.5 stars because of the excessive and at times gratuitous abuse, if you get through and hopefully you will, the rest becomes more palatable and worth hearing his story and in the end just glad that he found love in the truest sense of it, unconditional and life affirming.