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Count to Six
Feet shuffling beyond his metal door blends with nightly screams from Room 5. Perfect at everything in life, being trapped inside the Asylum at Saint’s Hospital isn’t where Jacob imagined he’d spend his senior year. How dare people do this to him. His days are monotonous: go to a meal, see the doctor, and squeeze in some yard time, all of which is scattered between hours in a tiny cell waiting for someone else to decide his fate.
Sessions with Dr. Forster are fine until a strange box is brought out and chords are attached all over Jacob’s body. Electric shocks are thought to be the cure but Jacob doesn’t feel cured. Instead, he struggles to hold onto the remaining pieces of himself and of Charlie as each zap takes a little more away.
His saving grace is the three freaks he befriends in ASH. They protect him from the others and occupy the spaces left by the electricity. Dr. Grudzien waits in the shadows of ASH, a faceless person that everyone fears. Any resident Grudzien takes disappears permanently, but nobody wonders about it, because in ASH, you don’t wonder. Jacob’s life devolves into waiting for the rest of his memories to be stolen from him. His last memory of Charlie is fading.
Sessions with Dr. Forster are fine until a strange box is brought out and chords are attached all over Jacob’s body. Electric shocks are thought to be the cure but Jacob doesn’t feel cured. Instead, he struggles to hold onto the remaining pieces of himself and of Charlie as each zap takes a little more away.
His saving grace is the three freaks he befriends in ASH. They protect him from the others and occupy the spaces left by the electricity. Dr. Grudzien waits in the shadows of ASH, a faceless person that everyone fears. Any resident Grudzien takes disappears permanently, but nobody wonders about it, because in ASH, you don’t wonder. Jacob’s life devolves into waiting for the rest of his memories to be stolen from him. His last memory of Charlie is fading.
261 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 3, 2022
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January 29, 2022
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I have never read a book with a plot like this. There were moments of suspense, heartbreak, anger, and coming to terms with your situation. The writing was phenomenal and kept me hooked the entire time. The ending was not one I expected, but I loved it!
I can’t wait to read more of his books!
I can’t wait to read more of his books!
February 18, 2022
Not for the faint of heart, Count to Six is brave and important, a much needed story around a specific part of lgbt history. Conversion therapy is still not outlawed in all parts of the world or even all 50 states; making these stories even more vital. A promising debut!
April 3, 2023
The beginning 2ish chapters were difficult because you hate the main dude so much but when you get past that the rest of the book is great.
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