“So you can blame me for your and dad’s bad start, and maybe you can blame me for everything that’s come since, but I’ll tell you this Stuart – your father’s spent his life facing up to things he never did. I don’t expect you to understand this type of courage.”
I finished reading The Casual Vacancy last night and I regret not reading it before. There have been many negative reviews and I disagree with almost all of them. This book made me think about society, prejudice and hypocrisy, but above all it also taught me something I was anaware of.
I didn't know much about OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), but then I found out that one of the characters has this disorder and his suddenly became one of the most heartbreaking storylines.
This is a blog post written by someone who suffers from OCD. I thought it'd be interesting. There are spoilers in itso, if you haven't read the book yet, be careful.
