Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Touched

This one was weird/hard for me to read. In the story, "Touched," the plot is about a little boy who is sexually molested by an older man. The story is told from the points of view of the man, his wife, the boy and his mother. There is a lot of psychological trauma going on in the story that made me angry. I have heard some people saying the story line shows a sympathetic twist in regards to the molester, but hearing his rationalizations just made me more angry. I'm just not sure this book accurately depicts the situation.

Scott Campbell write about a twelve-year-old boy who is molested by a neighbor he did errands for during the summer. After everything comes out he ends up having to sit through a court hearing against his molester. He is made to tell the story, in a very detailed manner in front of the jury and the court room which of course included his parents and older brother.

Long story short a rift was made in the family of the abused child. The molester felt bad for what he did and since he claimed devout love for the child he plead guilty; he died in prison.

Since we do not often hear about boys being sexually abused I do think it is important to hear such a story. It was difficult for me to read the molester's view of what happened because even until the very end he said he loved the boy. For him he claimed all emotional, it wasn't about being an abuser or taking advantage of a child. I suppose that would be hard for anyone to hear or read. Perhaps it is a sickness like alcoholism? I don't know.

I suppose this topic was too emotional for me to be objective about. It's well written for the most part I just don't feel it was accurate nor do I feel it would help anyone in a similar situation. =o/

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