Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Ett stulet liv by Jaycee Dugard

56 reviews

efroststates's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

astrangewind's review against another edition

This book is incredibly heavy. I would not recommend for anyone who struggles reading content about sexual abuse, child abuse, or confinement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Confinement

britrcup's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, and Confinement

emnime's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Rape

lauraloudmouth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

A very hard read, but one I am happy I got through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Animal death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Drug abuse

shiv91's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

Like others, I found this a very difficult book to review and I debated with myself whether or not to even add it the book. I do think her story matters and she needs to have her voice after it was silenced for so long.

It was raw, emotional and disturbing. To go through what Jaycee went through and not only survive, but to actually begin to heal and try to move on in life shows how strong a person she is.

The sheer amount of manipulation and outright horror she endured was awful to read, to try and put myself in her shoes is something that makes me feel sick to even think about.

I realise that the chance at a proper education was taken away from her which I completely understand but I personally found it difficult to follow along with. I know she wanted to write this experience as she remembered it but I feel that perhaps if she waited another while to gather her thoughts more, it would have translated better on paper. 

There was a lot of repetition which made me wish there had been some kind of editor involved and I didn't really understand the short addition of those few diary entries.

At the end of the day though, if writing this book was cathartic and helped her through the hell she suffered then it really doesn't matter what I think of the actual writing style/level. I'm not the one who was put through more awful things than anyone should have to endure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Rape, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Animal cruelty

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

reflective sad

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, and Child abuse

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

What an incredible honor to be able to hear Jaycee's story, and especially to hear her tell it herself. Very difficult to hear, but through the whole piece she reflects and shows her incredible strength. The writing is just a bit repetitive, but that is to be expected coming from someone with her unique background and experiences. So well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Confinement, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Alcohol, Blood, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Addiction, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

marybsimp's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

kariisreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence