Melt

"Another 10/10"

"TW: Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse<br/><br/>There are things that I liked and didn’t like about this book. That’s one way of putting it. I like the plot, how it shows Joey’s thoughts and how appropriate his actions are considering what he experiences at home. I didn’t like how it was written, like it was supposed to be some sort of poetry but it’s not fit for the mood of the book. The lines were cut in weird ways too but I guess poetry is abstract like that, I just think it made it kinda hard to comprehend and that I had to go back and see which words I can omit. But that’s the only flaw that I saw because I read the book, I looked past that poetry thing and understood what it really wants to show. It was an easy read too, the chapters might look lengthy but that’s just because there’s only a few words per line. I didn’t really feel the The Wizard of Oz and that’s basically the reason why I wanted to read the book. I thought I read somewhere that it’s a dark romance but I don’t think it is either. It just really boils down to domestic and substance abuse that the male main character is going through and how his love interest comes to the scene to bring light to that darkness. I also liked that the male experiences the abuse because it’s usually the female character who’s being abused and it’s just nice to see it from the other sex’s perspective. It’s an open ending and I just hope there’s a way to know what would happen to Joey after that last scene because it could go either way and I really want to know, for now I’m just going to imagine the battle will be won for Joey and his mother."