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Mysterious Skin
Mysterious Skin
Author: Scott Heim
ISBN-13: 9780060926861
ISBN-10: 0060926864
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
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raksha38 avatar reviewed Mysterious Skin on + 203 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This is a hard book. I don't mean "hard" as in "difficult to follow," because it's not at all, but "hard" as in "it deals with some harsh subject matter and does not flinch." This book deals with the messy and sometimes contradictory and/or disturbing emotions and reactions that come from childhood sexual abuse. Luckily, Heim is a very skilled writer and he handles things in such a way that the events of the story and the reactions of the characters don't come across as shocking for the sake of being shocking, but merely as the heartbreakingly matter-of-fact consequences of what happened.

This is a very good book; it'll make you hurt.
Yoni avatar reviewed Mysterious Skin on + 327 more book reviews
This is an amazing riveting story about a life changing incident. No spoilers here, I will just say that it is so sad and yet cathartic, but ultimately gut wrenching. Excellent first novel; I will be sure to read his second. (It is already on my wish list!) I can't get this book out of my head.
reviewed Mysterious Skin on + 412 more book reviews
A gut-wrenching novel. Deals with pedophilia. Absoluely engrossing.