On Harvey & Eck - DAY FIVE

The piper payer has called for another tune. Obligingly I submit the following update on my progress through her novel, Harvey & Eck.

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I have been anticipating (not eagerly) arriving at the pages in the book excerpted by Erin on her blog. I say not eagerly because the protagonist's conduct described in the excerpt alarms me exceedingly. I am generally ignorant of the statistics relevant to such conduct. But despite this ignorance, I have an emotional reaction to being confronted with that conduct. I view it is somewhat akin to Russian Roulette, except that in this case the person holding the gun points it at an innocent bystander instead of himself/herself. Ignoring the ancient wisdom regarding how you should look around at the glass house you're living in and walk a day in the shoes of the person you're pillorying (is that a word?) before casting the first stone, I am troubled by self-destructive behavior that has the potential to destroy more than the self engaging in the behavior.

But ... I didn't get to the pages in the excerpt yet. So apparently I have to feel this way more than once!