This Will Break Every Bone In Your Heart by Keith Anthony Baird

This Will Break Every Bone In Your Heart Reviews

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  Char

  With a twist so sharp I think I hurt my neck, This Will Break Every Bone in Your Heart was one hell of an unpredictable tale!
  
  I can't say too much about this story without spoilers, so... this is a psychological/mystery/thriller that starts with the beginning of Zachary's life. He's brought into an "institution" at a very early age, and is matched with a family when he was around 5-6 years old. From there on out, Zachary's life is so full of sadness and tragedy, it's hard to even believe.
  
  The reader is given clues here and there about what is really going on. However, this reader missed some of them which made one section absolutely jaw dropping, but that still wasn't even the end yet!
  
  That's it, that's all I'm saying! (Well, I would also love to read more about this world and the institution. But now, that's really it.)
  
  Highly recommended!
  
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  *I purchased this short tale with my hard earned $1.21.*
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  Terry Tyler

  This is a clever, short book about a boy called Zachary who is placed in an institute at a very early age, where he has contact with no humans apart from his carers for some years. He is found 'parents' at around the age of 5, and from then on every aspect of his life is monitored and controlled by a shadow organisation. His family, friends, the ups and mostly downs throughout his life—none of it happens by accident. His formative years are damaging enough, but as the tragedies and losses pile up, he becomes increasingly paranoid and sociopathic.
  
  The story is very well written, and a real page turner; I couldn't work out why any of it was happening or what the outcome was going to be. In the last third of the book there is a massive twist, completely unexpected—and the purpose of the whole 'experiment' is revealed at last. I'm usually pretty good at predicting stuff like this, but I didn't guess it.
  
  It's a dark and distressing story, not for the faint of heart, but for anyone who likes low-key, psychological horror, and has an interest in behind the scenes mind control (that's me with both hands up), I'd most certainly recommend it.
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  Kim Napolitano

  What an interesting book! A research group takes a new born baby to raise him in an artificial reality. Every thing is preplanned, memories are planted and eventually the boy is placed with a fake family meant to socialize him and be ready for when he’s grown up and face the world.
  
  Except he has no world, every step is planned for research, cause and effect. Nature vs nurture ( if you can call it that). He’s suspects something is off but doesn’t know what. Eventually he is drove to the very end of human endurance.
  
  No spoilers as this a novella. Rich story telling and spotlights something that could very well happen. Placed in the unknown future, this story will make you cry and rage sometimes on the same page.
  
  The ending will completely blow your mind and I’m
  Still thinking about it. So many questions.
  
  Highly recommended and I would love your thoughts on the story as well. It’s a type of story that begs for discussion. Enjoy!
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  Morgan Tanner

  Being a big fan a Keith Anthony Baird’s work, when I heard that this short story (novellete?- let’s not get bogged down with details) was not all that gory and horrific, I was not put off one tiny bit. And I was correct in this judgement, as this story is one hell of a dark tale.
  
  Zachary is a kid born into a secret institution where every aspect of his life is planned out by evil bastards in white coats. He is given to his ‘parents’ who are instructed on how he is to be educated and how he is to behave.
  
  Things begin to go badly for Zachary. But, of course, this is all part of the plan.
  
  The story shifts at a rapid pace, and suddenly Zachary is a full-blown man. The relationships he has with women end badly, leaving him heartbroken, but again, this is the secret organisation’s doing.
  
  He even meets some dude who claims to be his father; he seems very convincing, too. But I’m sure you can guess who organised this particular meeting.
  
  It’s almost as if they want to drive him to self-destruction.
  
  And then we come to the ending. This one threw me right off the scent and was handled brilliantly. Yeah, I never saw that coming. Once finishing the book I quickly re-read a few sections and felt a fool for not seeing what was happening; it all seemed so obvious in hindsight. But this is all credit to the writing.
  
  The ideas and scenarios in this story could easily be fleshed out a bit and made into a full-length novel. Baird has written two excellent novels (The Jesus Man and Nexilexicon) already so the story would be in safe hands. This is no complaint, by the way, but as enjoyable as this story was, as short as it was, it read as though it could have been a very detailed synopsis of a novel, if you know what I mean.
  
  All apart from the final showdown, of course.
  
  This great book is another entry in Keith Anthony Baird’s awesome collection, and one I am highly recommending to, well, everyone!