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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
I wanted to read this book again and give it a better chance, and I wanted to like this book I really did. It wasn't the subject matter of this book that really disturbed me, more of the overall feel of this book. There wasn't anything really to be learned of it in a sense, there's just this strange atmosphere that can be felt throughout the book that I didn't really enjoy reading it. To be honest, there wasn't really anything wrong with the book- I just didn't like it.
A painful, breathtaking book -- the true story of a rape where the reader is pulled along with the author's emotions in real time. The terror, fear, and helplessness of the rape, the numbness and anxiety of the aftermath, , and the dull ache of the realization that nothing is as over as we'd like to believe. Vulnerable, authentic, and powerful
Spoiler
the victory of the successful trial
"My life was over; my life had just begun."
I recently read this book for probably the 4th time while on vacation in Thailand. I know, not really a "summer-feel-good-beach-read". I read it because it's an honest and complicated story of loss and life. The main character, who has her virginity (and innocence) taken and her life turned upside down by a man in a tunnel, becomes what we all hope we find in ourselves - a survivor. She must face battles with self (confidence, clarity, comfort), battles with others (space, honesty, trust), and battles with the outside (societal biases, victim blaming, unforeseen complications). Her long and windy road to justice tests the very core of a person. Who was I? Who am I? Who will I be?
I recently read this book for probably the 4th time while on vacation in Thailand. I know, not really a "summer-feel-good-beach-read". I read it because it's an honest and complicated story of loss and life. The main character, who has her virginity (and innocence) taken and her life turned upside down by a man in a tunnel, becomes what we all hope we find in ourselves - a survivor. She must face battles with self (confidence, clarity, comfort), battles with others (space, honesty, trust), and battles with the outside (societal biases, victim blaming, unforeseen complications). Her long and windy road to justice tests the very core of a person. Who was I? Who am I? Who will I be?
'Lucky' was one of the toughest books I've ever read. Alice Sebold is brave and open about her brutal rape and the years of post-traumatic stress, evolving relationships, and self-reflection that followed.
Memoirs are becoming my favorite kind of book to read. I enjoy learning more about humankind - the struggles, triumphs, mundanity, stresses, joys... Sebold's account of her life and how one night when she eighteen shaped her as a person struck a cord with me, even if I couldn't relate directly.
The brutality of her attack is something I will never forget reading. She goes through the entire ordeal in painstaking detail that is difficult and disturbing to read. Her strength throughout the trial and the perseverance to see her attacker brought to justice was astounding - especially when so many rapes go unreported (for a multitude of reasons). Writing is Sebold's way to make amends with what happened to her - she is who she is because of what she went through.
I related to her need to hold on to humor in moments of darkness and/or seriousness. The desire for her family (especially her father) to understand what she went through was heartbreaking because they ultimately couldn't offer her the support she needed. The change in her past relationships and the way she approached new ones was fascinating to me. I hope the telling of her story has helped others tell theirs.
Memoirs are becoming my favorite kind of book to read. I enjoy learning more about humankind - the struggles, triumphs, mundanity, stresses, joys... Sebold's account of her life and how one night when she eighteen shaped her as a person struck a cord with me, even if I couldn't relate directly.
The brutality of her attack is something I will never forget reading. She goes through the entire ordeal in painstaking detail that is difficult and disturbing to read. Her strength throughout the trial and the perseverance to see her attacker brought to justice was astounding - especially when so many rapes go unreported (for a multitude of reasons). Writing is Sebold's way to make amends with what happened to her - she is who she is because of what she went through.
I related to her need to hold on to humor in moments of darkness and/or seriousness. The desire for her family (especially her father) to understand what she went through was heartbreaking because they ultimately couldn't offer her the support she needed. The change in her past relationships and the way she approached new ones was fascinating to me. I hope the telling of her story has helped others tell theirs.
I didn't know what this one was about until I picked it up. The only thing I recognized was Sebold as the author of "The Lovely Bones". In college, Sebold was attacked and raped on the campus of Syracuse University her freshman year.
Sebold is not shy about sharing all the details of her ordeal, and as a result the book was difficult to read at times particularly at the beginning. However, Sebold's story is important and deserves to be heard. She takes the reader along for the whole ride, including her determination to complete her degree at Syracuse, running into her rapist again, and going through trial to prosecute her attacker.
Be prepared to be pulled in from page 1 - Sebold owns her story and fully intends for the reader to hear her out. I'm in awe how strong she was able to be.
Sebold is not shy about sharing all the details of her ordeal, and as a result the book was difficult to read at times particularly at the beginning. However, Sebold's story is important and deserves to be heard. She takes the reader along for the whole ride, including her determination to complete her degree at Syracuse, running into her rapist again, and going through trial to prosecute her attacker.
Be prepared to be pulled in from page 1 - Sebold owns her story and fully intends for the reader to hear her out. I'm in awe how strong she was able to be.
A haunting tale of a young women's quest to come to terms with having been raped at Syracuse university during her freshman year. A story to courage and reinvention
This book was so raw and at times uncomfortable. The way Sebold describes her rape, her family in the face of it, the battle to stay alive in its aftermath... I was struck particularly by the injustice of the court system, even as it delivered justice to Alice; the tricks used to trip her up and the half-truths necessary to counteract them; the need for men to be active in the face of such violence, when what is needed is stillness; the way some women hold each other up while others push you away, unable to see their own trauma reflected in yours. Its powerful and real. Alice Sebold told her story to take control of her life, all while it was spiraling away from her. But that story mattered then and matters now, eventhough the consequences of its telling are not always joyful. Super recommend.
This books explains the anger and hurt of a sexual assault victim being re-victimized by the legal system in this country. Not the easiest book to read.
I do like this book, although I must say the writer did stray a lot from the central point and more one her own life, which she was very very lucky, I also do think you would really need to be a survivor to experience the full surroundings and as one I see this book as riveting and also hope, hope that somewhere some how, with strength you can and will pull through. Absolutely wonderful writer and book!