I feel like a history of SA is often shown excessively for shock factor, but this story handled it so much better. We could exactly how each little shared instance affected him deeply, be it through negligence, betrayal or fear etc. The implication of his experiences was enough to communicate everything without exploiting the visual of the complete act like some stories do.
It left room for this to be such a soft, sweet story. I’m sad I procrastinated reading it for so long.
Usually I love the aggressive approach. Especially when it’s a no means yes kinda thing. My morals check out when I read bl.
However. However. This dude was so clear about saying no. In every single way. And this wasn’t like, a dark theme or forced relationships type of story. So it felt icky. My conscience trickled slightly back in here. Too bad.
I’m so impressed how this author portrays family life. It’s complicated and challenging and there’s no fairytale ending. It’s work. It’s worth it, but sometimes it’s easy to skate over the difficult parts in fiction.
That said, since it’s fiction, I’m looking forward to a happy outcome since I love them all hahah