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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
I loved this book the characters, the writing, the setting they all piece together to create a beautifully written book. The book made me experience a lot of emotions with I truly love when reading. I would defiantly recommend this book.
I gave it 3 stars because I loved the writing and the fact that I didn't know whether I wanted Gemma to escape there towards the end. The characters were so well thought out and there was no black and white. However, I went into this book doubting I would really love it because of the subject matter, and I was right. Things like this happen far too often and it broke my heart a little to read about it from the victims perspective. I am glad I finished it, but this is a book I will never read again.
People on here really be like “I’m conflicted because he drugged and kidnapped her but he also took care of her and he’s sensitive
I really wanted to love this book but it was definitely a drag. And lowkey wanted it to end completely different or at least I thought it did.
I feel as if the characters are the main point of Stolen and are the strongest aspect of the book as well. Because there are only two characters in the majority of the book, the author is able to focus on them and develop them well, especially Ty (her captor). I feel as if I would act similarly to Gemma if I were in her situation: panicky, defiant, and depressed. The author did not portray Gemma as an unrealistic superhuman survivor heroine, as many books do. Gemma is just an average girl that is taken away from her normal life. Ty is more of a complex character. We slowly learn more and more about his background and character throughout the book.
The format of the book is a letter from Gemma to Ty. Because it is supposed to be a letter written by a teenage girl, the writing and vocabulary is somewhat basic. It is, however, very interesting to read a book in second person, even though it is slightly odd to not have any chapters at all.
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The format of the book is a letter from Gemma to Ty. Because it is supposed to be a letter written by a teenage girl, the writing and vocabulary is somewhat basic. It is, however, very interesting to read a book in second person, even though it is slightly odd to not have any chapters at all.
Full review on cggbooks.wordpress.com
3.85/5⭐ This book is a solid one. The beginning is captivating, some lulls in the middle, but picks the pace back up towards 3/4 through the book. WOW this book's ending has destroyed me. I am convinced that I too developed Stockholm's Syndrome for Ty. What makes the book so good is that by the end you don't know what to believe and you'll find your feelings and logic at odds with each other (mostly when it comes to whether Ty is bad or not). Also made me pretty interested in Australia's wildlife and CAMELS!!!!
This book was so moving. Once you begin reading it, there's no way you can stop because you just have to know what happens to the girl at the end. You even want to know what happens to the captor and why she is even writing him this letter. Putting it in second person made it so much more powerful and of course it was, because it was a letter and the idea of making it a letter was just so amazing. Not a single person can regret reading this once they have. It'll leave you sort of wanting to know what will happen next, so hopefully the author decides to write a companion novel.
Well, I read it all in one day which says a lot. It is quick to catch your attention and has a lot of really interesting characteristics. The kidnapper is good-looking and is not interested in hurting Gemma or forcing her to do anything. I thought the best part was that the author throws us into Stockholm syndrome right along with her main character. The most interesting part of the novel was when the main character started to trust and like the kidnapper, but unfortunately that was very late in the novel and like *the next day* she escaped due to an emergency. I just wish the author had spent a little more time on it. The ending was disappointing, but I don't know what I would have preferred to happen. Overall a very interesting read!
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced