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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
I have no idea i I should love this ending or if I should hate it.
It ended the way I wanted it to when I started reading it since I hated him so bloody much but the farther I read this book I started to fell in love with him as much as Gemma herself did.
I knew that in no way I could be completely happy with this ending and yet did I never give up hope until the last sentence.
I knew that there's no chance for their love and yet I kept hoping and hoping all the time. I now understand why he did it, I understand him completely when he said he didn't want to be alone anymore and still I know it's the wrong way he did it.
I really can't stop trying to think of an ending I'd have loved, both sides of me would've loved, but I know this journey is endless- There just wouldn't be.
My mind is all over the place because of the places this book took my mind but also my heart.
It ended the way I wanted it to when I started reading it since I hated him so bloody much but the farther I read this book I started to fell in love with him as much as Gemma herself did.
I knew that in no way I could be completely happy with this ending and yet did I never give up hope until the last sentence.
I knew that there's no chance for their love and yet I kept hoping and hoping all the time. I now understand why he did it, I understand him completely when he said he didn't want to be alone anymore and still I know it's the wrong way he did it.
I really can't stop trying to think of an ending I'd have loved, both sides of me would've loved, but I know this journey is endless- There just wouldn't be.
My mind is all over the place because of the places this book took my mind but also my heart.
i felt uncomfortable just by reading about how hot the desert is. i cried when i read this 4 years ago, but i guess i grew up because i didn't now :D however, i still did feel empty at the end :((
also, WHY WAS I MORE SAD ABOUT THE CAMEL AAAA LIKE *THAT* SCENE JUST MAKE ME FEEL SO BAD JCNDNXS
also, WHY WAS I MORE SAD ABOUT THE CAMEL AAAA LIKE *THAT* SCENE JUST MAKE ME FEEL SO BAD JCNDNXS
I DID NOT REGRET READING THIS BOOK.
I'm going to start with the introduction. So, Gemma is a sixteen-year-old girl who has been kidnapped from Bangkok Airport and was brought to the desert landscape of Australia. Her captor's name is Ty, he's a gorgeous boy with blue eyes full of intensity as Gemma described. He's in midtwenties, he's most probably 24-years-old. He first met Gemma when she was 10-years-old, then four years later he realized that he wanted her. So he devised a plan on getting her: the kidnapping. It took him three years to get everything ready. If it wasn't for the "kidnapping", most of us will think it would be a lovely proposal, right? Especially when Ty told Gemma how he got the money for the plan; he did everything he could. Ty built a house in the middle of a desert in Australia, also he dug up a spring for their water. He thought of everything before kidnapping Gemma.
Ty is not the typical kidnapper you hear nor the guy you see. If he didn't kidnap Gemma, he wouldn't be called a kidnapper obviously. He has a temper but he's not brutal nor full of malice. I once expected that he would rape Gemma, but he didn't. Actually, he loves Gemma. He cares for her. He even saved Gemma's life two times! He didn't want Gemma to leave the desert but as the story progresses, no matter how much it has hurt him, he sacrificed something. I think Ty's only way of making Gemma see how he sees the world is by kidnapping her and assuming he could maker her fall in love with him by doing that.
This book is like a scale, with Gemma and Ty on both sides. You see, when Gemma is feeling homesick, alone in the desert and when Ty loses his temper, it makes you want to hate Ty and root for Gemma. But when Ty's side are shown, like the times when he tells stories about the desert, the stars, the plants, how he looked so calm like peace lives within him; when he saved Gemma's life; when he looked so vulnerable when he had a nightmare; it makes you feel guilty for the resentment you felt towards him. But one time, the scale balanced. And it continued to be like that. Gemma accepted the good side of Ty. Gemma accepted the desert despite its heat and isolation. Ty showed her things you don't usually see in cities.
At first, I was determined to give this book a four-star rating but the ending gave its big final blow. There is always a battle between emotion and logic, but sometimes, the right things should win nonetheless.
I'm going to start with the introduction. So, Gemma is a sixteen-year-old girl who has been kidnapped from Bangkok Airport and was brought to the desert landscape of Australia. Her captor's name is Ty, he's a gorgeous boy with blue eyes full of intensity as Gemma described. He's in midtwenties, he's most probably 24-years-old. He first met Gemma when she was 10-years-old, then four years later he realized that he wanted her. So he devised a plan on getting her: the kidnapping. It took him three years to get everything ready. If it wasn't for the "kidnapping", most of us will think it would be a lovely proposal, right? Especially when Ty told Gemma how he got the money for the plan; he did everything he could. Ty built a house in the middle of a desert in Australia, also he dug up a spring for their water. He thought of everything before kidnapping Gemma.
Ty is not the typical kidnapper you hear nor the guy you see. If he didn't kidnap Gemma, he wouldn't be called a kidnapper obviously. He has a temper but he's not brutal nor full of malice. I once expected that he would rape Gemma, but he didn't. Actually, he loves Gemma. He cares for her. He even saved Gemma's life two times! He didn't want Gemma to leave the desert but as the story progresses, no matter how much it has hurt him, he sacrificed something. I think Ty's only way of making Gemma see how he sees the world is by kidnapping her and assuming he could maker her fall in love with him by doing that.
This book is like a scale, with Gemma and Ty on both sides. You see, when Gemma is feeling homesick, alone in the desert and when Ty loses his temper, it makes you want to hate Ty and root for Gemma. But when Ty's side are shown, like the times when he tells stories about the desert, the stars, the plants, how he looked so calm like peace lives within him; when he saved Gemma's life; when he looked so vulnerable when he had a nightmare; it makes you feel guilty for the resentment you felt towards him. But one time, the scale balanced. And it continued to be like that. Gemma accepted the good side of Ty. Gemma accepted the desert despite its heat and isolation. Ty showed her things you don't usually see in cities.
At first, I was determined to give this book a four-star rating but the ending gave its big final blow. There is always a battle between emotion and logic, but sometimes, the right things should win nonetheless.
Read this a few years ago. It gives me nostalgia and I reread it often enough to warrant a 4 star rating. I like the conflicting feelings and I don't see many kidnapping books. If anyone knows any good kidnapping books let me know :-)
Can't believe it ended like that.... I wanted more love and romance between the two characters. Hope there's a second book... Because it really left me with a cliffhanger. ........
For a book about a kidnapping it was oddly romantic which suggests I’d be the one with Stockholm Syndrome in this situation.
More importantly it was horrifically twisted. The trauma that radiates off this book is phenomenal, wow! Beautifully complex particularly towards the end.
More importantly it was horrifically twisted. The trauma that radiates off this book is phenomenal, wow! Beautifully complex particularly towards the end.
I loved this book. It made me cry so much and i think the ending was perfect. It was clear from the middle of the book that it cannot be a happily ever after. You feel bad for Gemma but you also start to sympathize with Ty. You start to understand him better. You start to wish for them to end up together. But it wasn't possible.
I don't want to say I was disappointed with Stolen because I liked it. It just wasn't as good as I was expecting/hoped for. The concept is a tired and true one with kidnapping and Stockholm syndrome and escape. But it was written in a way that was a letter from Gemma the kidnapped girl to her kidnapper Ty. And this may have been the problem for me. I'm a dialogue girl. I love dialogue and I feel it helps a person go get to know a character better because you get to know their personality. And dialogue, although found within the pages of Stolen, is pretty lacking and told entirely from Gemma's POV, in her voice. Because of this I just felt like I never learned Ty's motivation for taking her nor did I really get to know Gemma. Like I said the book was good, but just not fantastic. I'm glad I finally read it though.
I was not a huge fan. I didn't find the relationship between these two totally believable.
Review: http://theyabooknook.blogspot.com/2011/05/stolen-by-lucy-christopher.html