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Submitting to the Darkness by K.C. Wells
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What the fucking fuck? WHAT THE FUCK?!



So now going blind is an opportune plot device for crappy romance books? How fucking ableist and appropriating!

How fucking inconsiderate to stack everything in favour of the wooby domly Dom, who is capable of changing where he lives, from one lap of luxury to the next. Who also is able to adapt his profession and income at the drop of a hat. As if.

How fucking convenient to have him have a sexy personal 24/7 helper just when he becomes helpless. How bloody idiotic to have the man rant about getting help, when the vast majority of disabled people DREAM of a fucking bloody hour or two of help PER FUCKING WEEK and DO NOT GET IT! How fucking practical for the story that this wondrous helpmeet is also into BDSM. As fucking if that was fucking likely, dammit!

I can't eat enough for how much I want to puke over this fucking ableist ditty of absolute and inconsiderate SHICE! This is certainly one of the worst books and solecisms I came across since "The Garconniere". How an author can be that tactless and present such an asinine Disney version of disability and blindness is beyond me.



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Reading Progress

September 10, 2016 – Started Reading
September 13, 2016 – Shelved
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: 1-bad
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: ableist
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: amputation-mutilation
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: all-the-beautiful-people
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: blind
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: caution-hype
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: childish
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: contemporary-romance
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: disabled-characters
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: disrespectful
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: erotic-romance
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: everybody-loves-it-except-me
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: has-preachy-agenda
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: m-m
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: meeeeeelodramatic
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: not-for-me
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: panders-to-stereotypes
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: possibly-disrespectful
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: potentially-squicky
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: skeevy
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: terminally-squicky
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: united-kingdom
September 13, 2016 – Shelved as: wtf-did-i-just-read
September 14, 2016 – Finished Reading
August 25, 2017 – Shelved as: bdsm-fail

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message 1: by Eva (new)

Eva Müller What?



message 2: by Steelwhisper (last edited Sep 14, 2016 09:45AM) (new) - rated it 1 star

Steelwhisper I can't even. I'd suggest the author learns about the actual fate of people having glaucoma and going or being blind in the UK, or elsewhere.

And to leaven it then with kink and toss not just a "servant" at them, but also a sexy one AND one who is into BDSM AND of the right subdivision AND available AND attracted, this is giving me such a rage, that I could smash things right now.

I have friends who killed themselves because they went blind. It is a legitimate and not untypical reaction, because in the real world if you are not insanely rich, your situation will be suffocating. Especially if you are all alone.

It is a fact that for the majority of BDSMers finding a fitting BDSM-partner who at the same time is one's relationship partner is a rarity. An extreme rarity. There are people who reach old age and haven't achieved that.

The actual situation of the disabled in most countries is nothing like this. I have friends whose parents couldn't get help for the care of an aged paraplegic in a wheelchair while also taking care of bedridden grandparents. I know of disabled people on welfare who killed themselves to make the lives of their families easier. There have been dozens of disabled people who recently starved to death or died in the UK because their needs weren't met:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/...

So reading this here bullshit just elevated my bloodpressure sky high.

This lady needs a reality check real bad. This book absolutely oversteps all boundaries of good taste or tact.


message 3: by Adam (new)

Adam I find this review has legitimate arguments and i agree with the "stockpile" of reasons that make the mc's singularity so unrealisticaly insulting. Too much bs.


Steelwhisper Thank you :)


Steelwhisper **I suggest everyone tempted to criticise this review, especially in an offensive manner, remembers their good manners and write their own review. This is my review space. Respect it!**


message 6: by RedL. (new)

RedL. ...holy crap...👿🤢I can't begin to list the horror stories of families not finding the right help in NL as well, especially with the recent dismantling of the social system...bleargh...


Steelwhisper Yep. This book is one hellish diatribe on the hoof, and suddenly I have people wearing rose-tinted glasses arriving here in my review space telling me - from the USA, no less - I'm wrong or my review is revolting in what amounts to a super-offensive manner.


message 8: by RedL. (new)

RedL. Steelwhisper wrote: "Yep. This book is one hellish diatribe on the hoof, and suddenly I have people wearing rose-tinted glasses arriving here in my review space telling me - from the USA, no less - I'm wrong or my revi..."

...I will never understand this kind of reactions...even if they were the best informed people in the world (which they aren't) and didn't agree with your opinion or review, it would still NOT give them any right to insult you, tell you what to write or even remotely try to correct your views in whichever way. I do not understand...


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