I'm writing this blog on November 29, 2016. In reading the excellent reviews that have come in since the June publication of my novel, "Diminished Capacity," one thing has become clear.
As I've mentioned in the past, the subject matter is controversial, for it is a fictional courtroom drama based on a real-life event, and deals with an after-the-fact trial by jury of a man already sent to prison for the rape of a child. This is all explained shortly into the book.
One startling fact of the case was who the victim was. Without getting into details, thus giving the reader the shocking opening to the story, the first part of the book needed to set up what is to come.
Some reviewers have written, as one reader stated, that she found it hard to get through those first gut-wrenching pages, and had to put the book down to calm her nerves. She decided to read on and was glad she did, because the rest was so intriguing and dramatic, it was hard to put down.
Robert Clarence Swanson