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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
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reflective
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Amazing! Such an interesting story. Would recommend to anyone who night be curious about her experiences.
But be warned - there are a LOT of graphic content though the book!
But be warned - there are a LOT of graphic content though the book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail
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Captivating, horrifying story. Natascha is very specific, but for some reason I feel like she left some things out of the book, but I understand some things are too painful to bring to daylight. I feel bad for her and maybe even for Wolfgang and I agree the things she stated about the media and publicity. Thank you Natascha for sharing your story.
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Consigo sentir durante todo o livro a mente auto centrada que manteve ela viva durante os oito anos de cativeiro... não sei descrever a outras impressões :( :( :( feliz por sua vida, Natascha!!!!! muito feliz <3
This is a hard book to review. I think it was very brave of her to write about her experience and I can understand her wanting to tell her side of the story. I can understand (to a point) what happened to her and why she does what she does but there's a lot of justifying at the beginning of the book, setting it up so you won't think she's doing the wrong thing later. Clearly, people have. In my opinion though, we can never know how it felt to be in that situation and we cannot say how we would have reacted. Or condemn her for what she did or didn't choose (or wasn't able) to do. I don't understand why that has made people so angry or that they really feel like they have a right to even have an opinion about it. Anyway, I found the beginning a bit dull, learning how she never felt wanted by her parents etc. etc. and, as I said, it felt a lot like a lot of defensive setup for what happens later. She didn't need to lay it out like that. What this guy did was bad enough and the fact that she made it through, didn't let him break her and finally did have the courage to escape is incredible. Interesting read.
I am amazed at the courage Natascha Kampusch has. She had to live through everyone's worst nightmare, then finally, after eight and a half (3,096 days to be exact), she breaks through the emotional barriers. She becomes free, only to be questioned immediately by the police, who failed her multiple times. They suggest that she change her identity to live a normal life, and she refuses—yet another example of her strength. Natascha Kampusch is a real-life example of what power is. Her kidnapper may have appeared to have power, but Kampusch holds such bravery and self-perseverance, and pure power that is just inspiring to read. I'm grateful to have read her story and that she feels empowered and free after writing it. To the critics who rate this book lower because Kampusch doesn't reveal all the abuse (sexual), I feel sad that people have developed such desensitization to violence that all the many examples of the horrible things that Natascha Kampusch had to endure were not enough to satisfy. After how the media treated Natascha, I'm appreciative she is willing to share any portion of her experience, only four years after her escape.
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inspiring
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these crimes are everywhere and can take place behind any front door in the country, every day, and barely elicit much more than a shrug of the shoulders and superficial dismay.
it's hard to rate a book like this. it's almost in poor taste to say the book was hard to get through, that it wasn't interesting or that it didn't hold your interest, when it is a book that wasn't written for entertainment but, instead, is the true account of the abduction of natascha kampusch.
natascha was 10 years old when she was dragged from the street and abducted. her childhood and youth were spent as a prisoner, in a small room. she was a victim of isolation, beatings, starvation and sexual abuse.
inspiring, when you look at it from the survivor and not the kidnapped person's point of view.
it's hard to rate a book like this. it's almost in poor taste to say the book was hard to get through, that it wasn't interesting or that it didn't hold your interest, when it is a book that wasn't written for entertainment but, instead, is the true account of the abduction of natascha kampusch.
natascha was 10 years old when she was dragged from the street and abducted. her childhood and youth were spent as a prisoner, in a small room. she was a victim of isolation, beatings, starvation and sexual abuse.
inspiring, when you look at it from the survivor and not the kidnapped person's point of view.