Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

There are few books that really turn me off. I'm generally an open minded person. But this book was a spiral down a dark rabbit hole of mental insanity and self-destruction. The H/ is mentally unhinged and sees hallucinations of people who aren't there. He tortures and murders business associates who displease him, after he cuts out their tongues; he was instrumental in smuggling large quantities of drugs in the country. And he's part of a secret society of men who get off on torturing their sexual victims and probably murdering them when they're done. He's essentially a schizophrenic serial torturer and murderer. One could probably argue that assessment but you can't argue he continues to be a part of a secret society of other men who do the same, and does nothing to stop them. He doesn't go to the police; he doesn't report them; he isn't gathering evidence to bring them to justice, which makes him just as complicit in their crimes as if he'd committed them himself. The h/ is the incredibly naive and ignorant 19 year old child who thinks she can "save" him from himself. When I got to the scene where she catches him talking to a woman who isn't real and says she doesn't care that he sees people who aren't there, I had to put this monstrosity down. This isn't "dark"... it's disgusting and sick. It normalizes sexual torture and sadism. Not play---non-consensual BDSM.... the victim has no choice in the matter-rape and sadism. After 50 Shades I thought it couldn't get worse in the world of literature but this author went one further and broke the ceiling proving me wrong. I found nothing about this book redeeming or worthy of anyone who has a conscious.