Book Talk Review; Author Anonymous
This book was interesting...
A TRUE STORY told through the voice of New York Times Bestselling author E.K. Blair.
She’s an author.
She’s a mother.
She’s a wife.
She’s a fraud.
A woman marked and bound by her own deceit, this is the astounding tale of how one choice knocked her world from its axis forcing her to battle through a year of scandal and betrayal, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.
This is an intoxicatingly risqué stand-alone true story tangled in lust, heartbreak, and contrition.
I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. Author Anonymous is a true story that I honestly wish was fiction.
The story itself is good. The writing is great; the only thing I have to say I didn’t like was the fact that it’s a true story. “Tori” makes some questionable decisions throughout the course of the book, decisions that I can’t get behind.
I’ve always been a firm believer that a book that makes you feel things is a great book. And I wish I could say the same about Author Anonymous. I wish that I could give this a five star on Amazon. But I can’t. And it’s not E.K Blair’s fault, her writing is amazing. It’s also not Tori’s fault, whoever she may be. My sense of right and wrong is strong.
And I’m not saying that Tori is a bad person, I can forgive that she is human and humans make mistakes.
I didn’t sympathize with Tori, I didn’t understand why she made the choices that she did. I felt anger; I felt sadness for those on the opposite end of her mistakes. I felt everything but understanding. And I feel like that’s okay. I liked the story well enough, not for the “characters”, but for the honesty.
I can appreciate honesty, and that is what this book is. Author Anonymous is the true story of one woman. This book shows how big humans can fuck up. This book brings our fears to the surface. It allows us to see into the life of a hurting woman.
Personally, I think the story was executed in a way that wants us to believe this could be fiction. I admire E.K. Blair for having the strength to take another woman’s truth and make it her own. She took her beautiful dark talent, and wove a tale of truth.
I have to say that even though I can’t understand her, even though I will probably never feel for her, I have to admire Anonymous. She spoke her truth. We might never know who she is, but that doesn’t matter.
Because she did what the rest of us will probably never do. She exposed herself. She is allowing us to judge her, to hate her, to persecute her. That takes guts. I have to admire her for that, because I could never do that. I could never let another person into the darkest parts of my soul and wish them to write about it.
E.K. Blair and Anonymous brought us a story that was not easy to read.
I didn’t hate Author Anonymous, I didn’t love it either. I wish it was fiction because it has parts that I loved. As a reader I tried to separate myself from the fact that this was a true story, I couldn’t. I don’t blame the author or the truth teller. I don’t blame myself and my morality.
The truth hurts, Author Anonymous proved that.
-Abri
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