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Gods and Monsters Trilogy Review

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First off... lets just take a moment here to appreciate the art work here for a second Okay, this series is beyond incredible and it had me all sorts of fucked up! The main character, Jane is a bad  ass but more so then that she is not your typical female lead. This book does come with warnings, but let me tell you. Especially in the first book there are scenes of rape and child abuse, distorted images of self worth, mental abuse, attempted suicide... and all those things that Jane experienced were well into adult hood. From people that were supposed to protect her to the ones that should have loved her.... even her looks played a part in how she felt and of her own image (yet she was gorgeous).  I know I don't like to give out spoilers but i think those things should be known from the beginning, and trust me it does not take away from the story. It is what has made Jane who she is and man does she have a big heart... She loves d...

mom and almost dying

 Fuck can life be cruel. My mother-in-law got COVID 2.5 months ago. She was in the hospital and by week three they said there was nothing left that they could do because every treatment they had tried had failed.  She is 74 with pre-existing conditions (emphysema and COPD) and to top it off  she had developed pneumonia from the COVID. During those weeks in the hospital they had cathed her to make her more comfortable and everyday we called she was becoming to week to talk to us. They even tried the heated hi-flo o2 and nothing was working. The doctor said that her prognosis was getting worse and that we needed to start evaluating how we wanted to proceed since mom said she did not want a DNR or a DNI. She was also refusing the feeding tube. We knew at that point she would continue to decline because she was closing down and retreating into herself because in the state of Montana if you have COVID you may not have any visitors and as long as you have symptoms they will not...