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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
This book was very different to the other books I read. But I'm glad I did read it. Because it showed me what can happen out there in the world. Such cruel, disgusting things. Natascha is such a brave, strong girl and she should be looked up to. Yes she did leave out details that we would have liked to read, but it would have been so hard for her to even re tell what she went through, so I don't blame her for not going into great detail. Overall it was a good intense read.
A touching story about a girl who was kidnapped and managed to escape.
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This story is absolutely heartbreaking and i can't seem to fathom that a human being could be so messed up and as disgusting as Priklopil was.
Livro muito duro. Ler o ponto de vista de uma vítima de cativeiro, é muito angustiante e claustrofobico. Nem quero imaginar o sofrimento.
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I read this sort of for research as I've been playing with a story idea of someone kept captive for an extended period of time. The thing that struck me most about this is the way Kampusch holds onto her sense of identity and the way she sees the nuances in her captor. That he isn't just complete villain. That there was still some humanity in him that she had to latch onto in order to survive. And the way she describes the world's reaction to her story. I think that thing that has stuck with me most is her speaking against "Stockholm Syndrome" and talking about the way this "disorder" re-victimizes people by taking away their legitimate right to feelings and beliefs and the ability to actually work through their experience. Instead a syndrome is applied to them as though there is something wrong with being able to see anything good in the person or people who held them against their will. Yet she does this without ever justifying her captor's behavior - she simply sees him as a complicated human with his own issues that impacted his behavior. She doesn't excuse him, but she does forgive him. And to me, that is an even more powerful story of survival.
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