Book Review:
Loved to Death
Wasteland Press, February, 2007
ISBN-13: 978-1600470837
Loved to Death; the
story of an adopted child, a young lady twenty three years of age at the time of the storytelling who never knew true
Love, never “fit into” her life, never felt completely “right” or genuine. She considers herself a non-being, a transplant in foreign soil, living out the charade she considers herself and others think of her as. She’s the hapless brunt of careless comments from family, friends, classmates … those casual inferences to her not being her parents’ “real” child, passing biting remarks that cut her soul to the quick. She is
troubled, has no peace within. Until the very end; when misguided love kills her, releasing her into peaceful re-union with God.
Artfully written by
author Rosa Ferguson, this compelling, biting tragedy-of-love story is a fast read. You can’t put it down once started, it’s not all that long, and it’s certainly not the
kind of book you can just nibble at. You have to
swallow the whole thing all at once, and in many ways, most of them emotional, it’s a tough pill to swallow. I must admit I had never really taken the time and energy to fully empathize with just how deep and heavy the emotions of the adopted can sometimes be.
The book is very entertaining, plenty of plot twists and intrigue, gripping, Ferguson has an expert command of writing about the dark side of the human psyche. She puts you inside the heads of troubled people, lets you feel their pain, understand their decisions. My understanding is that this is the author’s debut book, and is the first of a trilogy. I’m very much looking forward to reading the last two segments from this talented new writer. Both thumbs up and the hats-off from this reader … I highly recommend it.
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