Review: Because I Am Furniture

Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Alright, alright. Time to write this damn thing. After I finished this one I needed a recuperation period. To be reminded of the everyday demons that really exist was quite a jolt from the fantasy world I have been living in with my fiction reads. But the truth is shitty people like the father in Because I am Furniture actually exist, and they probably won’t stop existing for a very long time.
Thalia Chaltas’ somewhat fictional, somewhat truthful accounting of an abusive home life and all the dynamics involved was chilling. I particularly liked how it was presented in poetry rather than prose. It really lent itself to showing you just how little people in that situation are truly living.
Please, if you are suffering at the hands of an abuser, or know someone who is; you are not alone and you have every right to get the hell out. You do not deserve this, no one does. If your abuser is a cop, then get the hell out of dodge.




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