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Ett stulet liv by Jaycee Dugard

8 reviews

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challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5


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nicoleanthony's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0


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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0


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dark inspiring

2.0

Difficult both to read and review. 

Please note that the star rating is no reflection on the author nor her experiences which are detailed throughout this book.  I have the utmost respect and empathy for Ms Dugard — the courage the author showed in penning this book is incredible.

I highly recommend 'A Stolen Life' for those interested in true crime and Ms Dugard's case. This book is incredibly difficult to read but is extremely worthwhile. It is a gift to be able to hear directly from the voice of the survivor of this case and I'm really glad that I listened to the audiobook of this. 

My rating stems from the writing of the book itself — the writing style of which could have been stronger and more fully formed. However, I understand the difficulties in editing/altering the voice in a book like this.

Regardless of rating, I would recommend picking this one up. While immensely painful at parts, hearing from Ms Dugard directly — and listening to her speak with the utmost positivity, grace and kindness was very rewarding.

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challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0


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challenging dark inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

This was a story of a girl who was abducted and held in my hometown. Her tragic story and how she overcame it is very empowering.

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0


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acsinger's review against another edition

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I was so stressed reading it and it was so explicitly uncomfortable to read I couldn't take it. 

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