![]() ![]() Ross Jeffery has delivered his most bleak and powerful book to date with ‘Only the Stains Remain’. The book takes no pains to justify Jude’s actions, as horrific as the flashbacks may be, and as deserving of punishment as the perpetrators clearly are, and the lengths Jude goes to in order to get his revenge are as inventive as they are appalling but, in the end, there is no catharsis to be had, either for Jude or the reader. The morality, however, is far more complex. It’s a familiar story, reminiscent of revenge movies like ‘ Last House on the Left’ and ‘ I Spit on Your Grave’, and ‘Only the Stains Remain’ is every bit as uncompromising as these movies. ![]() The flashbacks focus on the abuse both him and his brother suffered at the hands of his extended family and the present-day sections on Jude enacting revenge for his suffering. ![]() The story itself focuses on Jude, switching between his recollections of his childhood, and the present day. ![]()
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