Truth, Detail, Insight and Life. Strictly Platonic, a collection of short vignettes authored by Dexter Harper, we see a focus on the aspects of all four of those powerful words in today’s modern relationship. Strictly Platonic offers up a steaming mix of the good and the bad from the inside out of these center piece relationships. What Mr. Harper does well throughout Strictly Platonic is play the reader off of the characters, and these are characters you will identify with. Whether you like this identifying factor or not is not the issue at hand for Strictly Platonic. What is on hand inside this first time collection is a strong sense of human interest. Harper wants us to take each situation and not only learn from it but perhaps internalize it further. Can you learn before making said mistakes or will it take “jumping into the fire to feel the heat?” Strictly Platonic.