The Monster of Abuse

Scowler was a tough read.  I wanted to read it because I loved Kraus' Rotters.  I did enjoy it, but I read it while my father was dying and well, he was an abuser.  Not nearly as horrible as the father in this story!  But still, it was just doubly hard to read at that particular time in my life.  This is told from the POV of Ry, a recent high school graduate who is pretty much wrecked by his father's abuse.  When the book begins, his father is in prison, but he breaks out and comes back to finish his business with Ry.  Scowler is a about a monster in human form.  It is a tough book to recommend because of the harsh violence and really difficult themes.  I can't say I enjoyed the book.  It's not the kind of book you enjoy.   But it is very good.