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Title: Violence Against Minds and Bodies
Review: Bittersweet Passion is a deeply misanthropic work, in which sexual, emotional, and psychological abuse -- including rape and misogyny worthy of the Taliban -- masquerade as 'romance'. Although I am not particularly demonstrative, I began to weep in horror during the first rape scene. Then, the book worsened. It reads like a doctored account of spousal abuse, and by the time I finished, I was more seriously disturbed than I have been in years. Anyone experiencing what the heroine experiences would be expected to suffer from serious post-traumatic stress, but she, bewilderingly, doesn't seem to retain any long-term effects.I recommend this book only to people researching misconceptions about domestic violence. I strongly dissuade anyone looking for a decent work of fiction from touching Bittersweet Passion.
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