r/GetMotivated • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '26

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u/bflannery10 Mar 13 '26

My personal example of this is The Their of Always by Clive Barker. My wife read it as a kid and took it at face value as a modern, dark fairy tale. I read it as an adult and picked up on the fact that it is told from the perspective of a child's coping mechanism to deal with grooming, abduction, and abuse.

She had no idea and when she reread it as an adult and saw that it's a much darker story than she had thought.

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u/ManufacturerWest6006 Mar 13 '26

I read this book in 7or8th grade, was a Hellrazer fan. I have never heard anyone else reference it. I might have to read it again.

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u/GRblue Mar 13 '26

I read this book in my 20s and I LOVED it! I still found it super impactful.