‘As disturbing as it is important. This true story is a gift of honesty, huge courage and hope.’
-----Patricia Cornwell
Cory Friedman was an ordinary, fur-loving little boy. That fateful March morning in 1989 started just like any other but later that day, he started to feel very different and the course of his life was set to change. It started with an irresistible urge to shake his head, and before long, his body became a volatile, explosive and unpredictable force. Overtaken by physical urges, tics and compulsions, the bright young boy started to feel and look like a puppet on a string.
Cory had developed a rare combination of Tourette Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder and other neurological conditions. The life he knew had been torn apart and his family was left watching him suffer. Desperate to help and hopeful of a cure, they embarked on a fifteen-year struggle which took them beyond breaking point. Cory was seen by thirteen doctors who in total prescribed sixty potent medicines. He was mistakenly sent to a psychiatric ward and, on the brink of utter despair, he and his family decided to try a form of intervention that had never been tried in cases such as Cory’s: he was sent to a wilderness survival camp in a bitter, unforgiving, snowy Utah winter. This felt like their final chance.
Throughout his young life, Cory struggled to have the same childhood and adolescence as his friends. From time to time an overwhelming anger and frustration overcame him when one doctor after another and an unprecedented number of medicines continually failed him. Still, throughout it all, Cory battled against the extraordinary events that were unfolding and would take him on one of the most terrifying personal journeys ever recorded.
Torn Apart is a true story of one family’s courage, heartbreak, sacrifice and ultimately, triulmph.
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我向来对那些故作高深的文学作品持保留态度,但这本书真正做到了“大巧若拙”。它的力量不在于辞藻的华丽堆砌,而在于它对人性最本质的那种洞察和直面。作者敢于触碰那些我们日常生活中习惯性回避的禁忌话题,毫不留情节地剥开现实的伪装,展示出其残酷又真实的一面。阅读过程中,我好几次因为情节的冲击力而不得不停下来,深吸一口气。这种震撼感并非来自血腥或暴力,而是源于对“人”这个复杂体的深刻理解。书中塑造的几个主要角色,简直是活生生地站在我面前,他们的缺陷、他们的挣扎、他们偶尔闪现的光辉,都无比真实可信。这本书让我重新审视了自己身边的一些人和事,它提供了一个绝佳的视角,去观察和理解这个我们共同栖居的世界的复杂性。
评分这本书简直是把我拉进了另一个世界,那种沉浸感太强了,以至于我读完最后一页后,还得花点时间才能从故事的氛围中抽离出来。作者的叙事技巧高超得令人咋舌,他似乎有一种魔力,能将最微小的细节描绘得栩栩如生,让读者仿佛能亲手触摸到那些场景,闻到空气中的气味。我尤其欣赏他对人物内心挣扎的细腻刻画,那些复杂的情感纠葛,不是简单的对与错,而是充满了灰色地带,让人读来深有共鸣,忍不住去思考自己会如何抉择。故事情节的铺陈如同精密的钟表,每一个齿轮的转动都恰到好处,没有一处多余的赘述,节奏的张弛拿捏得炉火纯青,高潮迭起却又不失韵味。看完之后,我久久不能平静,脑海中不断回放着那些关键的转折点,试图去理解人物们做出那些决定的深层动机。这本书不只是一个故事,更像是一次深刻的人生体验,值得反复品味,每次重读都会有新的感悟。
评分这是一部读起来需要“用脑子”的作品,但绝不是那种让人感到疲惫的阅读。作者构建了一个极其庞大且逻辑自洽的世界观,里面的每一个设定,每一个规则,都经得起推敲。我花了相当长的时间去理解这个世界的运作机制,并被其精妙的设计所折服。很多作品在构建宏大背景时容易出现逻辑漏洞,但这本却几乎找不到破绽,显示出作者惊人的前期准备和严谨的创作态度。更难得的是,在这样一个复杂的框架下,作者依然能让情感线保持清晰和动人,角色之间的互动火花四射,让人完全沉浸在他们的命运之中。对于那些喜欢深度解构和细节考据的读者来说,这本书简直是福音,我敢肯定,在接下来的很长一段时间里,我都会在不经意间回想起书中的某个巧妙的伏笔或精彩的对白。
评分很久没有读到这样能让我产生强烈“阅读欲”的书了。那种感觉就像是被一只无形的手紧紧拽着,你明知道接下来的内容可能会让你心痛或不安,却又完全无法抗拒地想要知道“然后呢?”。作者对悬念的设置简直是教科书级别的范例,他懂得何时收紧,何时放开,让读者的期待值始终保持在一个极高的水平线上。而且,这本书的结局处理得非常高明,它没有采用那种一刀切的简单收尾,而是留下了一些开放性的空间,让读者可以根据自己的理解去填补和诠释。这种处理方式极大地拓展了作品的生命力,让它不至于在合上书本的那一刻就彻底终结。它带来的回味悠长,更像是一首没有完结的交响乐,在心中久久回荡。
评分说实话,一开始我有点担心内容会过于晦涩难懂,毕竟市面上很多深度作品都容易让人望而却步。但这部作品完全出乎我的意料,它在保持思想深度的同时,语言却保持着一种令人惊叹的流畅和易读性。作者的文字功力可见一斑,他能用最简洁的词句勾勒出最宏大的画面,或者用一段看似平静的叙述暗藏汹涌的暗流。这本书的结构设计堪称一绝,它采用了多线叙事的手法,看似分散的角色和线索,到最后却像河流汇入大海一般,形成一个完整而震撼的整体。这种叙事上的巧妙布局,极大地增强了阅读的趣味性和探索欲,让人忍不住想快点翻页,去解开那些隐藏的谜团。我特别喜欢作者在关键时刻插入的那些哲学性的思考片段,它们没有生硬说教,而是自然地融入情节,引导读者进行自我反思。
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