Mapping the Interior

Yikes. This was a really good read, but tough. That shift where Junior felt like his father was a benevolent presence to realizing he was a dangerous one was really interesting. I liked that it was being told from the perspective of grown-up Junior, and hearing about the life he ended up having, and Dino not really getting much better...it felt too real, like this horror/magic story should have had a happier ending. But it didn't. It just ended up like life ends up.
This book is about perpetuating your trauma. Real life isn't a story, happy endings aren't easy or inevitable, usually we all just turn into what we feared and hated and can't break the cycle.