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3.71 AVERAGE
4.5 out of 5 stars
I honestly couldn't tell you why I don't give it 5 stars, but I think it was just how I felt at the end of it. I sat down and read the last 100 pages in a couple of hours and by the end of it I felt really.... weird. Kinda of uncomfortable (as I think you should in a book like this.) It was really great don't get me wrong. But it just felt...strange. It was about midnight when i finished it and I went downstairs to get a glass water. I swear I was half expecting to see Ty just standing in my kitchen. That's how invested I was in this book and the characters.
I honestly couldn't tell you why I don't give it 5 stars, but I think it was just how I felt at the end of it. I sat down and read the last 100 pages in a couple of hours and by the end of it I felt really.... weird. Kinda of uncomfortable (as I think you should in a book like this.) It was really great don't get me wrong. But it just felt...strange. It was about midnight when i finished it and I went downstairs to get a glass water. I swear I was half expecting to see Ty just standing in my kitchen. That's how invested I was in this book and the characters.
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
★★★★★ (4.75)
Genre - Young Adult Contemporary
Summary - Written as a letter from a victim to her captor, this is Gemma’s desperate story of survival. (Inside Book Jacket)
Initial Thoughts - This haunting book is based on Stockholm Syndrome. It's an incredible story that I'm going to be recommending for a long time.
Plot - ★★★★☆ I thought that the plot was a bit slow in a few places. However, I was always anxious to start reading as soon as I had stopped.
Characters - ★★★★★ The characters of Ty and Gemma, the captor, was complex and believable,
Storyworld - ★★★★★ Gemma is kidnapped and taken to a desolate desert in Australia. The terrifying emptiness enhances the story so much.
Style - ★★★★★ Lucy Christopher captivated me with her writing style from the first sentence.
Closing Thoughts - Stolen is a must read. It will suck you in from the first page and won’t release you until the very last.
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Genre - Young Adult Contemporary
Summary - Written as a letter from a victim to her captor, this is Gemma’s desperate story of survival. (Inside Book Jacket)
Initial Thoughts - This haunting book is based on Stockholm Syndrome. It's an incredible story that I'm going to be recommending for a long time.
Plot - ★★★★☆ I thought that the plot was a bit slow in a few places. However, I was always anxious to start reading as soon as I had stopped.
Characters - ★★★★★ The characters of Ty and Gemma, the captor, was complex and believable,
Storyworld - ★★★★★ Gemma is kidnapped and taken to a desolate desert in Australia. The terrifying emptiness enhances the story so much.
Style - ★★★★★ Lucy Christopher captivated me with her writing style from the first sentence.
Closing Thoughts - Stolen is a must read. It will suck you in from the first page and won’t release you until the very last.
Find this review (and many others!) here.
I don’t know how I wanted this book to end but the whole thing just made me sad.
Maybe I have Stockholm syndrome because idk the kidnapper was just a lonely guy. He did everything for her and still let her go.
3.5
Maybe I have Stockholm syndrome because idk the kidnapper was just a lonely guy. He did everything for her and still let her go.
3.5
QUICK REVIEW
Stolen is a mesmerizing masterpiece that completely envelops the reader. Rarely have I read a book that affected me as much as Stolen has. It still haunts my dreams.
IN-DEPTH REVIEW
Stolen is a young adult novel written in the second person perspective as an intended letter to the protagonist’s captor. Thriller novels that involve kidnapping are my favorite guilty pleasure reads, and I snapped up Stolen as soon as I heard of its unique structure and storyline. My only regret is that I didn’t hear about this beautiful novel sooner. I honestly am not sure how I had not heard of this novel until 2018 since it was published in 2009, but that’s beside the point. Moving onward…
Usually, when I read thrillers that involve kidnapping, the kidnapper is described as a monster, and the kidnapee spends most of the novel despising their kidnapper and trying to escape. However, Stolen is different due to the fact that the kidnapee – Gemma – begins the novel despising her kidnapper, but ends up having a connection to him that can almost be described as love. Since Stolen is written in letter form, Gemma’s mixed emotions surface throughout the novel, and I found myself absorbing her feelings towards her captor, and it became hard for me to separate fiction from reality.
As an avid reader and reviewer, I often find myself becoming desensitized to thriller/kidnapping novels the more that I read them. It takes a lot for me to feel personally affected by a story, but Stolen wove itself under my skin. Upon finishing the novel I felt an overwhelming wave of sadness that consumed me for days afterward. I wanted to hate Gemma’s kidnapper, but at the same time, I loved him like she did. Lucy Christopher’s writing was bizarrely realistic in the way that she completely transported me to the Australian outback that Gemma was “trapped” in. I could feel the heat, sand, and danger of the desert as I read, and it almost felt like I was suffocating. I have never felt more conflicted about my feelings concerning the characters in a novel, but at the same time, I am thankful for the experience that Lucy Christopher granted me as a reader. I felt exhausted after reading her novel but in the best way.
No matter your age, Stolen will impact your soul. If you are pining for a life-changing read, please go and pick up Stolen at your earliest convenience. (Or, you know, RIGHT NOW.) And then come back and tell me your thoughts. I’d love to hear them!
Stolen is a mesmerizing masterpiece that completely envelops the reader. Rarely have I read a book that affected me as much as Stolen has. It still haunts my dreams.
IN-DEPTH REVIEW
Stolen is a young adult novel written in the second person perspective as an intended letter to the protagonist’s captor. Thriller novels that involve kidnapping are my favorite guilty pleasure reads, and I snapped up Stolen as soon as I heard of its unique structure and storyline. My only regret is that I didn’t hear about this beautiful novel sooner. I honestly am not sure how I had not heard of this novel until 2018 since it was published in 2009, but that’s beside the point. Moving onward…
Usually, when I read thrillers that involve kidnapping, the kidnapper is described as a monster, and the kidnapee spends most of the novel despising their kidnapper and trying to escape. However, Stolen is different due to the fact that the kidnapee – Gemma – begins the novel despising her kidnapper, but ends up having a connection to him that can almost be described as love. Since Stolen is written in letter form, Gemma’s mixed emotions surface throughout the novel, and I found myself absorbing her feelings towards her captor, and it became hard for me to separate fiction from reality.
As an avid reader and reviewer, I often find myself becoming desensitized to thriller/kidnapping novels the more that I read them. It takes a lot for me to feel personally affected by a story, but Stolen wove itself under my skin. Upon finishing the novel I felt an overwhelming wave of sadness that consumed me for days afterward. I wanted to hate Gemma’s kidnapper, but at the same time, I loved him like she did. Lucy Christopher’s writing was bizarrely realistic in the way that she completely transported me to the Australian outback that Gemma was “trapped” in. I could feel the heat, sand, and danger of the desert as I read, and it almost felt like I was suffocating. I have never felt more conflicted about my feelings concerning the characters in a novel, but at the same time, I am thankful for the experience that Lucy Christopher granted me as a reader. I felt exhausted after reading her novel but in the best way.
No matter your age, Stolen will impact your soul. If you are pining for a life-changing read, please go and pick up Stolen at your earliest convenience. (Or, you know, RIGHT NOW.) And then come back and tell me your thoughts. I’d love to hear them!
What a terrible book. Written as a letter from a victim to her abductor, this book takes entirely too long to end. The plot, while enough to grab my attention, is not enough to give this book a higher rating.
Sixteen-year-old Gemma Toombs is ecstatic that a good looking man is giving her the time of day. She contemplates seeing the man earlier that day but brushes off the thoughts and surrenders to his assistance not knowing that the man has plans of his own. In Lucy Christopher’s captivating novel Stolen, Gemma is abducted by handsome Ty MacFarlane and imprisoned in the vacant Australian outback. She realizes that she cannot escape since she is in the middle of a desert with temperatures soaring above one hundred during the day and below freezing at night. The longer she bonds with the Australian landscape and Ty, Gemma starts to see Ty through different eyes.
After reading Stolen (three times) it transformed into my favorite book. The story was perfectly written and I loved the descriptions of the Australian outback. I actually felt like I was there and experiencing everything firsthand. I enjoyed both Gemma and Ty's character developments that happened throughout the book. When the novel ended I did wish that I could have found out more about what happened between Gemma and Ty but I was satisfied with the ending. The ending was perfect for the book and I really hope that Lucy Christopher writes a sequel sometime in the near future.
I was so attached to this book that I ended up writing my research paper for my college English class on Stolen and the effects of Stockholm Syndrome. I emailed Lucy with some questions and I am appreciative that she took the time to reply. I believe my research paper that I wrote on Stolen has been my best paper to date; I ended up making a 100 on it.
After reading Stolen (three times) it transformed into my favorite book. The story was perfectly written and I loved the descriptions of the Australian outback. I actually felt like I was there and experiencing everything firsthand. I enjoyed both Gemma and Ty's character developments that happened throughout the book. When the novel ended I did wish that I could have found out more about what happened between Gemma and Ty but I was satisfied with the ending. The ending was perfect for the book and I really hope that Lucy Christopher writes a sequel sometime in the near future.
I was so attached to this book that I ended up writing my research paper for my college English class on Stolen and the effects of Stockholm Syndrome. I emailed Lucy with some questions and I am appreciative that she took the time to reply. I believe my research paper that I wrote on Stolen has been my best paper to date; I ended up making a 100 on it.
This story is the kind of stories where the reader has to pick a side. It's either the logical side or the emotional side.
The book is unique and rich with knowledge. How the author perfectly mastered describing the desert with her words is beyond comprehension.
What made me give this book complete 5 stars, is the fact that the story and the idea of it aren't repetitive, which is something that we rarely find these days. As well as the twists in the events of the book.
And Ty... Well, what he did is wild with a strange (yet mesmerising) surge of love and emotions. He could have done it in million different ways, but oh well. His passion for deserts and living in one was more than fascinating.
The book is unique and rich with knowledge. How the author perfectly mastered describing the desert with her words is beyond comprehension.
What made me give this book complete 5 stars, is the fact that the story and the idea of it aren't repetitive, which is something that we rarely find these days. As well as the twists in the events of the book.
And Ty... Well, what he did is wild with a strange (yet mesmerising) surge of love and emotions. He could have done it in million different ways, but oh well. His passion for deserts and living in one was more than fascinating.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
not really a fan of the ending. the rest of the story was really good though.