Book review - Kissing through a pane of Glass

Kissing through a pane of Glass by Peter Michael Rosenberg   (Downloaded from Amazon for Kindle)

This is a book about love and could simply be seen as a love story, complete with the obligatory sex scenes. But it is really a study of a relationship that is founded on obsession and dependency between a love sick, immature young man and a young woman who is mentally ill.

A mentally disturbed beautiful young woman captivates the narrator when they meet in India and it is not until he is obsessively in love that he realises that her "funny little ways" are something much more serious. His commitment to her means that he sticks by her. This is even when her illness makes her very unlikable and his own life becomes completely shaped according to her needs. 

These days we are encouraged to recognise the person who is suffering with a mental illness first and not begin our relationships with others by prejudging or using labels such as psychotic, manic depressive or whatever. This novel takes such a position seriously and reveals the unsettling consequences of loving a person with a mental illness. It will affect all parts of your life. It is also a study of love as single minded obsession that is prepared to make all sorts of allowances because of the need for relationship. An interesting, intriguing and ultimately disturbing book.