Its honesty cause many to question the book. The books raw open honesty is like riding a roller-coaster with not seat belts to hold you in at times you will want to throw yourself out of the book and get angry with the writer. At 151 pages this will be consumed in one sitting and this really is a deeply emotional read at times. “Hurt people hurt people” there is not getting away from it. We have all been hurt at some point in our lives and this story sometimes is a bit too close to the truth at times that for some will be difficult reading. ‘First he steals the oxygen from you, then spits it right back in your face’ When we are hurt sometimes we hurt the nearest person to us and for Caulfield he finds the women in his life face the brunt of his hurt. This is openly raw at times but laced with incredible humour and wit. He is in a relationship with Lolita but clearly he has had enough of Lolita now and it is time to move on to the next girl. He is an alcoholic and what’s more he is deeply prejudiced against women. The story is of Holden Caulfield Irishman travelling parts of America from London, and this is his story. This is not a book that many will enjoy, some will find this difficult to read and I can understand that. The opening line in this book “I liked hurting girls” that is one hell of a hook to catch the reader’s attention. People who are damaged in this way can and more often than not damage others. This is a book that exudes raw open honesty which comes from a history of abuse in its purest form, mix this with neglect. It was originally a self-published novel that sold over 14,000 copies in three weeks. This is the book the world seems to have been talking about for some time and the views differ from one extreme to another. Personally I think this is a brutal but a frank and honest account. Some may say that is it a good job that Diary of an Oxygen Thief was written by an Anonymous writer because who would dare put their name to this book. Overall, I think this is a bit of a marmite book – you’re likely to either love it or hate it, sadly it just didn’t do it for me.Diary of an Oxygen Thief – Anonymous The Last Word Review Some of the things are true-to-life, whilst others are hard to ever imagine being real. It is simplistic in places, whilst being raw and full of sadness in others. Penned by an anonymous author, I’m unsure if the story is fiction or non-fiction – the lines are blurred. In fact, I think the main purpose of the book was to make the reader dislike him he wants us to pity him. Throughout the book the voice of the narrator got on my nerves, as he didn’t feel like an authentic character. Written in first person, this tale is full of misogyny, arrogance and narcissism. Whilst desperately trying to get his life back on track, it later gets turned upside down once more by a preying female. She by ambition.Īs a result of years of pain and abuse the narrator is trapped inside his own head – after years of alcoholism, he turns to a life of sobriety. Say Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer’s assistant and somehow they met in Bright Lights Big City. Okay…maybe not killed but dulled more lives.” “Romance has killed more people than cancer.
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