God Help the Child [book, audiobook]

 God Help the Child [book, audiobook]

I FEEL BAD BECAUSE THIS IS A WELL RECIVED BOOK THAT DEALS WITH HEAVY TOPICS THAT AREN'T REALLY MINE TO TALK ABOUT BUT OOF,  THIS FEELS LIKE THE MOST WRITTEN IN ORDER AS A FIRST DRAFT BOOK EVER. THERE IS JUST SO MANY PLOT ELEMENTS THAT JUST SORT OF PETER OUT. LIKE THE MAIN SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT KINDA JUST GOES AWAY BEING UNCLEAR IF IT WAS EVER EVEN REAL, BUT ALSO FAILING TO ACTUALLY CONNECT TO ANYTHING THAT JUSTIFIES IT BEING METAPHORICAL. SHE GETS SHOT WITH A SHOTGUN AT ONE POINT AND IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER AFTER THAT SPECIFIC SCENE.  I ALSO LEGITIMATELY CAN'T TELL HOW MUCH THE DISCONNECTED STUFF IS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST NOT LAID OUT AND HOW MUCH IS MISSED. LIKE THE GUY IS DREAMING UP TORTURE FOR HIS BROTHER'S MURDERER AND SUGGESTS A TRIBE SOMEWHERE SEWS THE CORPSE TO THE MURDER TO MAKE THEM CARRY IT FOREVER, THEN THE REST OF THE BOOK IS HIM HAUNTED BY THE MEMORY OF THE BROTHER AND IT'S LIKE, THE BOOK NEVER CONNECTS THE CONCEPTS, IS THE READER SUPPOSED TO? THAT FELT LIKE GOOD SYMBOLISM BUT NOTHING EVER BRINGS THEM UP AS RELATED. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WAS THROWN IN A LIST OF FUCKED UP THINGS TO DO TO A BAD GUY, AND NOT THE CENTRAL THESIS OF THE STORY. 

PS. THE WORST IS RAIN, SHE STARTS OUT ALL LIKE "MOOMMMY, WHY IS THAT WOMAN BLACK, IS SHE LIKE MY KITTY CAT INKY????" AND SHES NAMED RAIN BECAUSE SHE WAS A BABY THE COUPLE FOUND LOST IN THE RAIN. BUT THEN LIKE.... SHE'S A STREET SMART, STREET HARDENED PROSTITUTE? WHICH LIKE, THAT IS A TRAGIC BACKSTORY! BUT THEY WROTE IT LIKE SHES BABY HERMON FROM RODGER RABBIT OR SOMETHING. THEY STRONGLY SET IT UP LIKE IT'S A PARALLEL TO THE MAIN CHARACTER WHERE THE MAIN CHARACTER IS BENJAMIN BUTTONING BECAUSE SHE IS STILL A SCARED KID AND IS THE BLACKEST PERSON ON EARTH SO THIS IS THE WHITEST LITTLE KID ON EARTH WHO IS GROWN UP TOO MUCH BUT THAT NEVER GOES ANYWHERE SO IT'S THE REALLY WEIRD STREET SMART BABY WHO CALLS PEOPLE CUNTS. LIKE WHAT A WILD WAY TO WRITE AN ABUSED BABY!!!