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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Rating 2 DNF@45%
Unpopular opinion incoming. Sadly I didn't finish this book because I lost interest in it almost half way through. I felt like I read enough of the book to know where it was going and because of that I lost all care. The book started out strong but then it lost that uneasy/suspense feeling. I felt like there was no real threat to Gemma anymore. I skipped to the last five pages of the book and am so happy I saved myself the time. This is unfortunate because the synopsis sounded so interesting and I was so excited to read it but unfortunately it just fell flat for me. I commend the author for trying something new and creating her own unique story. I love the idea of the book but not the book itself. While this book didn't do it for me I can see this appealing to other readers.
Unpopular opinion incoming. Sadly I didn't finish this book because I lost interest in it almost half way through. I felt like I read enough of the book to know where it was going and because of that I lost all care. The book started out strong but then it lost that uneasy/suspense feeling. I felt like there was no real threat to Gemma anymore. I skipped to the last five pages of the book and am so happy I saved myself the time. This is unfortunate because the synopsis sounded so interesting and I was so excited to read it but unfortunately it just fell flat for me. I commend the author for trying something new and creating her own unique story. I love the idea of the book but not the book itself. While this book didn't do it for me I can see this appealing to other readers.
Good book - interesting premise on the back of the horrendous crimes and kidnappings we keep hearing about worldwide. I read this on a long haul flight and it held my attention but it did feel like it was just an odd book.
I've read My Stolen Life and this books tries to be a fiction book about this type of crime... And I don't think I like it. But then so was Room and I thought that was one of te best man Brooker Prize books in the recent years.
So verdict: Maybe it just wasn't executed as sympathically as I would have liked. but still, worth a read.
I've read My Stolen Life and this books tries to be a fiction book about this type of crime... And I don't think I like it. But then so was Room and I thought that was one of te best man Brooker Prize books in the recent years.
So verdict: Maybe it just wasn't executed as sympathically as I would have liked. but still, worth a read.
Good Book, and I cannot believe how fast I read this,didn't want to put it down.
I was going to give it 3 stars because I wanted more when it ended but decided that thst was not the books fault and I would come off as bitter and lord knows I don't want that.
So Gemma is stolen or kidnapped by a serial killer? no
for the sex trade? no
for her organs? Wrong again
By a gorgeous if not slightly crazy model type who is in love with her? Ding ding ding!Yahtzee! we have a winner.
Ty has been stallking Gemma and believe he is in love with her,he has kidnapped her to live with him in his own paradise in the outback of Austrailia.
The whole time I was reading this I have to keep reminding myself, he kidnapped her, he is off his rocker, she is only 16.Because if you forget the kidnapping,delusions and the crazy,Ty is quite the catch he is very handsom, chiseled abs and loves everything about Gemma. So at times I think a situation is romantic and really it is sort of creepy,and you can totally see how it would be so confusing for Gem as well. At the end I think I was questioning is it Stolkholms syndrome or is it somthing else,then the god damn book ended and I said "3 Stars" out of anger.
The description of the Austrailia's outback is amazing,but also horrifying at the sheer nothingness that completly surronds them. There are snakes in this and they only mention spiders a wee bit,thankfully. I have a spiderthing, that goes a little somthing like this:anything about a spider or an insect and I want to scream immediatly and burn whatever it is that I am reading.
I was going to give it 3 stars because I wanted more when it ended but decided that thst was not the books fault and I would come off as bitter and lord knows I don't want that.
So Gemma is stolen or kidnapped by a serial killer? no
for the sex trade? no
for her organs? Wrong again
By a gorgeous if not slightly crazy model type who is in love with her? Ding ding ding!Yahtzee! we have a winner.
Ty has been stallking Gemma and believe he is in love with her,he has kidnapped her to live with him in his own paradise in the outback of Austrailia.
The whole time I was reading this I have to keep reminding myself, he kidnapped her, he is off his rocker, she is only 16.Because if you forget the kidnapping,delusions and the crazy,Ty is quite the catch he is very handsom, chiseled abs and loves everything about Gemma. So at times I think a situation is romantic and really it is sort of creepy,and you can totally see how it would be so confusing for Gem as well. At the end I think I was questioning is it Stolkholms syndrome or is it somthing else,then the god damn book ended and I said "3 Stars" out of anger.
The description of the Austrailia's outback is amazing,but also horrifying at the sheer nothingness that completly surronds them. There are snakes in this and they only mention spiders a wee bit,thankfully. I have a spiderthing, that goes a little somthing like this:anything about a spider or an insect and I want to scream immediatly and burn whatever it is that I am reading.
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Thought-provoking book written in a unique style. I much appreciated the use of direct address, something different from other novels. Having said that, the book did not grip me or let such an emotional impact as other books about a similar topic - it was very average - hence the three stars.
this book doesn't even deserve one star. I cannot put into words how terrible, and boring, and soul-destroying this 'book' was. it's pretty tragic when the only character you care about is the camel. this is definitely in the top five worst books I've ever read.
I was recommended this book by a friend and I’m so glad she told me to read it! I was engaged the entire time and I loved to read about a place I had never been to before.
Someone else has already said this, but Lucy Christopher is a brilliant author and knows exactly how to write a character that we, as readers, are supposed to hate but can’t help but like them, too. In the end, it’s hard not to sympathize with Ty, but what he did was wrong, without a doubt. And I’m so glad Gemma knows this in the end. Like Gemma says, if they could have only met later in life and not when she was still a minor. He would have just been a stalker, which is a lot better than being a kidnapper. The ending was perfect for the book and it makes you realize just how smart and self-aware the main character is, which isn’t the case in most YA novels.
Someone else has already said this, but Lucy Christopher is a brilliant author and knows exactly how to write a character that we, as readers, are supposed to hate but can’t help but like them, too. In the end, it’s hard not to sympathize with Ty, but what he did was wrong, without a doubt. And I’m so glad Gemma knows this in the end. Like Gemma says, if they could have only met later in life and not when she was still a minor. He would have just been a stalker, which is a lot better than being a kidnapper. The ending was perfect for the book and it makes you realize just how smart and self-aware the main character is, which isn’t the case in most YA novels.
This book is a great representation of Stockholm Syndrome.
I wanted Ty to let Gemma go, and then I wanted Gemma to give Ty a chance and see his perspective?! They were both complex characters, but ty was disturbed.
I love that this story is like one huge recollection/letter to her captor, and Gemma's will to fight was written clearly.
Tys character was ultimately bad, but his character was more complex. He did nice and sweet things for her, but he didn't go about showing his feelings the right way, but especially to a teenager!? Hate hate hate hate hate that!! Bro stalked her since she was a child and then pulled the ultimate creep move by kidnapping her
I wanted Ty to let Gemma go, and then I wanted Gemma to give Ty a chance and see his perspective?! They were both complex characters, but ty was disturbed.
I love that this story is like one huge recollection/letter to her captor, and Gemma's will to fight was written clearly.
Tys character was ultimately bad, but his character was more complex. He did nice and sweet things for her, but he didn't go about showing his feelings the right way, but especially to a teenager!? Hate hate hate hate hate that!! Bro stalked her since she was a child and then pulled the ultimate creep move by kidnapping her
Wow!! Amazing Story!! No wonder people are having so many mix emotions!!