A review by dinohakari
The Obsession by Christie Gordon

3.0

I really don't know what to think or write about this book. I have read the previous works of this author and I liked them a lot, but I think that with this one she did not get it right.

Tristan is an interesting character, who suffered the loss of his father, and emotional and sometimes physical abuse by his alcoholic and supposedly religious mother. Because of this, he suffers from a sexual addiction that is quite unconventional and inconvenient for his daily life, placing him in compromising situations more than once, making him introverted and closed off to others. In one of his classes he meets Collin and is attracted to him.

Collin... Well, I didn't like Collin. From the beginning he imposed himself on Tristan, first as his roommate, and immediately starting a relationship with him and trying to help him overcome his addiction. But his attitudes are quite suspicious and confusing. He acts secretive, and we see him in dubious situations with his supposed thesis advisor or, for example, when they go out on a date to dance, but instead of clarifying, he either evades Tristan's questions, or accuses him of being suspicious or not to trust on him. .

In the end, it turned out that Tristan was right to distrust Collin. And I don't think Tristan should have forgiven him so easily. In fact, I would not have forgiven him. As much love as there is, dishonesty and using another person for one's own benefit should not be so easy to forgive.

Anyway, I don't want to keep prolonging this. As I said, I think that she did not know how to turn this story around well and that this could improve.

I was given an advanced copy and voluntarily wrote a review.