Meredith is a hot mess’s Reviews > Daddy > Status Update

No rating.

I get the appeal of reading taboo subjects. If I had never explored the subject of pedophilia before than maybe this would've captivated my attention.

For instance there's this interview online of a woman whose father was a pedophile. She was trying to humanize him, has started support groups for family members of pedophiles

28%

He's giving her champagne and bought her lingerie

tbh I'm not sensing there's a lot of depth or insight to this, the same ol' story you hear about. Neglected child falls prey to an opportunistic pedophile, later has emotional/psychological damage

I'm not going to finish this book.

From the reviews the author attempts to make this guy sympathetic.

I'm for taboo and pedophilia is a taboo. I'm over the exploring how society should sympathize with pedophiles conversation

16% The child asks the grown man to stop touching her -

He does, but only to undress himself and then proceeds to talk her into penetrative sex which she describes as hurting

He kisses her with his tongue and rubs her leg and private parts by only 13%

I didn't realize this book was so overtly sexual. This is giving major pedophilia vibes. Tbh I'm grossed out. And there's a difference between a 14 year old and 17/18 year old. 17/18 year olds still don't have fully developed brains but 14 year olds are children.

It's heavy.

It's not a fun taboo.

It's not the kind of depraved taboo where you get caught up in the adrenaline rush of the story.

It's emotionally heavy

I'm going to have to DNF this

At least with LOLITA the prose is stunning, almost a distraction from the content.

The writing here is good - great characterization, but it's too serious. Not any dark humour to off set the subject matter