Nefarious

Name: Nefarious
Price: 15.00 USD
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ISBN: 9798484249336

✍️ Yolanda Olson

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🏛 Independently Published 📅 2021 🌐 English 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9798484249336

📝 Description: Nefarious

Before I was discarded for the final time on the doorstep of this place, I had been treated as a hand me down. A pushover that no one wanted and needed to get rid of, but I was happier then. The rules were never as strict, the punishments nowhere near as brutal, and no unkind word was ever spoken to me above a whisper. Things changed after I felt the cane for the first time. Spare the rod and spoil the child extends far greater than anyone can know inside the walls of Our Lady of Heavenly Hope-a place where no such thing exists, and if it does, it died inside of me such a long time ago that I can't remember what it feels like. The halls have gone silent lately and I like it best this way. I'll learn to be kind again and I'll bestow it on the person that needs it the most. And in the end, everything will be okay.

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Yolanda Olson crafts a deeply unsettling atmosphere through a narrator whose fractured psyche serves as both warning and lure. The text effectively utilizes the trope of the 'safe haven' turned prison, leveraging the contrast between whispered kindness and brutal discipline to heighten the sense of betrayal. The prose is evocative, focusing on sensory details like silence and pain to build dread without relying on explicit gore. It suits readers who prefer psychological intensity over supernatural spectacle. While the premise is familiar, the execution of the narrator's unreliable perspective adds necessary layers of complexity. This is a solid entry for fans of dark fantasy and true crime-adjacent horror who value atmospheric tension and character study above all else.

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Yolanda Olson crafts a deeply unsettling atmosphere through a narrator whose fractured psyche serves as both warning and lure. The text effectively utilizes the trope of the 'safe haven' turned prison, leveraging the contrast between whispered kindness and brutal discipline to heighten the sense of betrayal. The prose is evocative, focusing on sensory details like silence and pain to build dread without relying on explicit gore. It suits readers who prefer psychological intensity over supernatural spectacle. While the premise is familiar, the execution of the narrator's unreliable perspective adds necessary layers of complexity. This is a solid entry for fans of dark fantasy and true crime-adjacent horror who value atmospheric tension and character study above all else.