A review by abbyok96
3,096 Days by Natascha Kampusch

5.0

a legitimately ground-shaking read for me. what an intelligent, thoughtful, and strong woman. i’ve always been interested in stockholm syndrome and the debates surrounding it, and reading about this case outside this book makes natascha seem like the poster girl. but the way she concisely and clearly lays out her experiences and perspectives show her as the opposite. her examination of her relationship with her captor is so, so raw and honest. i know going forward i will be much more critical of portrayals of victims in media, both fiction and nonfiction.

i started to read some of the other reviews on here and had to stop because i was seeing red. i genuinely implore you to reach out for help if your enjoyment of a memoir was impeded by the author not giving you the details of the repeated sexual assaults they experienced over years as a child kidnap victim.