Reader's Comments about Holy Communion:

I finished Holy Communion. For me, it was a quick read, smooth-flowing writing, and I was really curious to see how the story ended. Good ending! It showed that the boy knew how to take care of himself and was a survivor. — Wall Street legal aide

While reading Holy Communion I fluctuated between horror and fascination. And then curiosity. How many poor children in our society and elsewhere in the world have to deal with this level of difficulty and abuse? Makes my own pathetic whining about my “unhappy” childhood seem silly, and my own experiences pale by comparison. Guess I’ve been very fortunate. If every parent were forced to read this book, would it make a difference? How many have some sense of empathy and kindness? If Jesus were walking the earth today, he would probably be puking at what the “Christians” have done with his teachings. Jesus taught love and compassion. Catholicism teaches fear and repression, and all too often practices cruelty. NJ businessman

Holy Communion speaks to the various forms of domination — sexual, religious, and age-related — from the perspective of a child with a naive understanding of others' needs.  Domination in this case, explicitly given by default of age, is contrasted with adults who knowingly relinquish control — either willingly for some gain, or unwillingly from a feeling of loss of control.  Upon identification of the truth of the domination, the child was in the position to choose to be liberated and move into the realm of the adult.  — NJ Chemist

Mykola Dementiuk's Holy Communion was funny, erotic, and disturbing all in equal measure; a good read. — FL businessman