First of all, this book is not about Jaycee Lee Durand, but more about her abductor Phillip Garrido. It tends to make this story more creepy than what I originally thought it would be.
Not the best true crime book I have read, but it was a interesting enough read.

Sad, sad story

The author sticks to the facts in this book and comments on things that others have speculated about, but does not make speculations himself. I enjoy that in an investigative/crime book. I feel like we miss a lot of Jaycee's perspective and how she coped through her experience(possibly because of Jaycee Dugard's privacy after the case). A secret diary was mentioned several times and it would have been interesting to know about more of what she had written.
dark emotional tense medium-paced

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dark emotional sad fast-paced

Yes, another true crime, yes, shamelessly passed on to me mum, and arguably one of the worst stories I have ever read. Shock and horror at my voyeuristic tendencies didn’t make me want to hunt down these people any less.

ebroadbent22's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 70%

Gross and voyeuristic, and calls Jaycee by the made-up name that her abductor and rapist chose for her, which just struck me as a reprehensible choice.

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mishon's review

3.0
dark informative sad slow-paced

I have an interest in the Jaycee Lee Dugard case because I have a close relative that works for the Parole Department. Parole figures prominently in this kidnapping because Phillip Garrido, the kidnapper and rapist was not adequately supervised and his property was not adequately searched by Parole resulting in Jaycee Lee Dugard continued torture.

This book outlines Phillip Garrido's life and crimes. It's a standard true-crime account, compiled primarily from newspaper reports.

I think this author just writes very middle of the road books for me. Nothing that makes me livid but also nothing I really enjoy