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briiieee's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.5
marisajustmae's review against another edition
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3.0
I listened to this as an audio book and Jaycee was the narrator. First of all, this is a very horrific story and she was so very brave to tell it. Some of the brutal details made me feel sick to know she had experienced such abuse.
I believe she mentioned that she was writing the book only one year after being rescued, and to me that seemed almost too soon to tell such a traumatizing story. I will never ever say she shouldn’t have told it! However, for me, the story was a bit premature and she still seemed to be in the throes of therapy and healing. I hope she wasn’t forced in some way to tell her story before she was truly ready.
I pray she has found deep and lasting healing from such imaginable and unspeakable evil.
I believe she mentioned that she was writing the book only one year after being rescued, and to me that seemed almost too soon to tell such a traumatizing story. I will never ever say she shouldn’t have told it! However, for me, the story was a bit premature and she still seemed to be in the throes of therapy and healing. I hope she wasn’t forced in some way to tell her story before she was truly ready.
I pray she has found deep and lasting healing from such imaginable and unspeakable evil.
nesi_peepz's review against another edition
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4.0
As I was listening to A Stolen Life, I kept asking myself, "how does someone write a review for a book like this?" To help me organize my thoughts, I looked through other people's reviews. There were a lot of comments on Jaycee's writing style being a result of her education level and her need for a ghost writer.
Personally, I think a ghost writer may have made her story less impactful. Sometimes people see the adult that a child-victim becomes and forgets that they were a kid when they were hurt. Jaycee's stream-of-consciousness type of writing (a result of her education or not) made it feel like a 14-year-old girl was reading me her journal entries and that forced me to confront the fact that the person experiencing these horrific things was just a little girl. I was fully crying by the time she was reunited with her family. Listening to Jaycee talk about her love for her mom and sister, her mama-bear attitude towards her girls and the reactions of those who thought they had lost her forever was inspiring and gut-wrenching.
Personally, I think a ghost writer may have made her story less impactful. Sometimes people see the adult that a child-victim becomes and forgets that they were a kid when they were hurt. Jaycee's stream-of-consciousness type of writing (a result of her education or not) made it feel like a 14-year-old girl was reading me her journal entries and that forced me to confront the fact that the person experiencing these horrific things was just a little girl. I was fully crying by the time she was reunited with her family. Listening to Jaycee talk about her love for her mom and sister, her mama-bear attitude towards her girls and the reactions of those who thought they had lost her forever was inspiring and gut-wrenching.
aah6ay's review against another edition
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4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Drug use, Child abuse, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Violence, and Sexual assault
defyinggravity's review against another edition
challenging
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
eljay1980's review against another edition
4.0
This book is hard hitting, a detailed look into the abduction, imprisonment and abuse Jaycee suffered over an eighteen year period. Somehow she has managed to get through this time and has gotten to a place where she will not allow it to define her two daughters (who were conceived/born during her imprisonment) or her own life.
baileer's review against another edition
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rr_author's review against another edition
This was an incredible, terrible, story, obviously a heavy read. It went into a lot of graphic detail - I had to skip through a lot of the book.
I’m not giving it a star rating as it doesn’t seem appropriate.
I’m not giving it a star rating as it doesn’t seem appropriate.