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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This is a book you don't want to give less than 5 stars too, which is probably the only reason I didn't give it 1. The knock is more on the publishers than on Jaycee. Many of the chapters could have imparted good lessons, or even been told in a more interesting way. But many of them read like a diary entry and, like the dreaded vacation photos, really mean nothing to those who weren't there. And all needed basic editing for flow and structure. It was almost like the publisher's didn't care, because they knew people would buy the book based solely on Jaycee's name. Other people mentioned in their reviews about people who experienced trauma being 'stuck' at the age they were when the trauma occurred. I don't know if that's true but, if it is, it's the only reason I can fathom for the publishers having left the book as written, i.e., to further highlight the harm Jaycee suffered at the hands of the Garrido's. I greatly admire her resilience in surviving her ordeal, in working to create a life for her and her daughters after they were recovered, and the work of her foundation. But she deserved better when it came to this book, especially since she mentioned her childhood dream of possibly becoming an author.
Love her positivity. Book could have used a bit more editing though, found a typo or two.
I can't believe how optimistic and "normal" she is after everything she's been through
A journal of a normal girl. Good to hear she's doing well, but it was not that interesting.
Let me just say, my rating on this book is purely on the writing and the formatting. You cannot put a rating on someone’s life and their story and that is not my intention in talking about this book.
My qualms with this book have everything to do with the fact that it just felt very discombobulated. The flow wasn’t there and the way the chapters were ordered were kind of confusing sometimes.
Jaycee’s first book, “A Stolen Life,” is one of my favorite books of all time. It is hard and heart wrenching and tough, but her triumph and her fight to the end is one of the most incredible stories I have ever read. I highly recommend it to everyone. It’s hard but it’s so worth it.
I definitely think this book is worth reading, it is just hard to get through when it comes to the writing.
My qualms with this book have everything to do with the fact that it just felt very discombobulated. The flow wasn’t there and the way the chapters were ordered were kind of confusing sometimes.
Jaycee’s first book, “A Stolen Life,” is one of my favorite books of all time. It is hard and heart wrenching and tough, but her triumph and her fight to the end is one of the most incredible stories I have ever read. I highly recommend it to everyone. It’s hard but it’s so worth it.
I definitely think this book is worth reading, it is just hard to get through when it comes to the writing.
i read this book to fulfil the goal read a best seller from a genre you don't normally read. this goal was super hard for me to fulfil since have a broad range of taste in books. i also don't normally perfer best sellers and instead perfer to select my own reading. i settled on the catagor of memior/biography because i haven't read a lot in that genre, lately, and it was either that or political non fiction which i absolutley hate. i must say. i wasn't as impressed with this book as with her first. it was still enjoyable though. i continued to be able to empathize with her feelings of anxiety as she tries new things. she however has managed to try way way more than i ever will be able to do. of course, she has paid a price for all her blessings now that i would not want to pay either.
Listening to Jaycee narrate her own story is powerful. I am so impressed with all she has accomplished since being recovered and how positive she seems. Wow. Just wow.