So many props to this artist. Why? There were moments that I both loved and hated some characters (and also only hated some).
WARNING: THIS IS A STORY OF ABUSE, EMOTIONAL & PHYSICAL. (and done in a somewhat humanizing way, where you don't feel like the abuser is being excused)
One downfall here:
There are tags before the chapters for rape and abusing sex scenes, however, that doesn't mean all instances of rape are actually being tagged. At the very beginning, it is vaguely rape-y feeling and the scene in the car with another actor is definitely rape and illegal filming of an individual. Both of these are not tagged, but be aware that there is a lot in here that is rape and is not recognized as it by the plot or characters sometimes. But some people did get their comeuppance.
I have to disagree with the previous commenter on the assertion that this was "just sex" because the sex was so well drawn out, differentiated, and most of it was very not fappable. A lot of the plotline happens through the sex scenes, how it's done, and who it's with. Also, I disagree on the length, because the length has a purposeful atmosphere to it. Especially in the parts you want to be longer but feel to short and the parts you want to be shorter and feels too long. It makes it feel real and exactly what the characters are feeling in that moment.
I thought the artist did an absolutely amazing job, but because they did such an amazing job, this is a one-read story for me. I look forward to other works by them because their character development was done very well in the way each individual was trying to cope with things in different ways. There are good ways of coping and bad ways of coping here, just like there are some better people and some worse people in their greyscale of humanity. Few characters come out of this with their hands clean. And this really hurt my heart reading it. I can't fault the author for making a story too real.
I highly recommend this for others to read if you want a human story like this (just once though. Don't hurt your heart.)
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