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I never read a book that involved kidnapping and from the victim perspective so I chose Stolen since It had a good reputation and a lot of reviews saying it gave them weird feelings .
- The novel has a dark plot and story base yet it lack depth specially when it comes to the main and ONLY two characters in the Novel . Ty , the kidnapper and Gemma the victim .
- Ty was "normal" to me when it comes to what he have been through (his mother leaving him , father forgetting about him in the dessert and Ty surviving on his own , him ending up in London alone being on drugs and alcohol and many more that I don't want to spoil) except when he track Gemma for 6 years and build a place in the middle of the dessert for them to live forever which is obsessive . he was actually interacting nicely to his environment an Gemma , he even let her run away ! TWICE ! . With all the unfortunate events he have been through , Ty character should develop to become twisted , dark , intense and even weird but there is nothing like that in Stolen which is disappointing.
- Gemma seems lifeless to me , her personality falls flat and her background wasn't much focused on for me .
The writer put so much focus on how Gemma was trying to find plans to run away or kill Ty , But that toke more space than it should have .
-I want the characters to collide , fight and have more intense moments together and let their relationship to evolve but nothing have happened . their conversations wasn't rich and they were more like "exchange of information" or Ty telling a story rather than a real 2-people conversation , Gemma's part was short and more of her thinking of a way out . Gemma was not listening to Ty in the whole novel , she was just simply hearing it .
The setting of the novel in the middle of dessert made me feel in the middle of nowhere ! I felt it ! It gave the feeling of being hopeless and isolated from the whole world where you have no place to run to but Ty . The description was beautiful and spot on ! . The heat of the endless desert , the stars and the patterns it formed made me develop a hate/love feeling towards it . just like how Gemma felt.
-I wasn't a fan of the ending . when it finally got to the point of their interaction , it all ended up so fast . No goodbyes or anything . Just the confusion of Gemma to be back to reality .
- Stockholm syndrome was a nice touch that gave me the urge to search about it and wonder if Gemma actually suffered from it but she is convinced that she isn't .
-Gemma ended up not adapting to be back to her old life and confused about her feelings toward the life she had with Ty in the middle of the dessert , which was realistic type of confusion and post-trauma feelings
-The book wasn't bad , but it wasn't as dark as it should be in order to go with the intense atmosphere and if some complex and intensity was added to Ty .
It was like a beautiful portrait that lacks shading!
- The novel has a dark plot and story base yet it lack depth specially when it comes to the main and ONLY two characters in the Novel . Ty , the kidnapper and Gemma the victim .
- Ty was "normal" to me when it comes to what he have been through (his mother leaving him , father forgetting about him in the dessert and Ty surviving on his own , him ending up in London alone being on drugs and alcohol and many more that I don't want to spoil) except when he track Gemma for 6 years and build a place in the middle of the dessert for them to live forever which is obsessive . he was actually interacting nicely to his environment an Gemma , he even let her run away ! TWICE ! . With all the unfortunate events he have been through , Ty character should develop to become twisted , dark , intense and even weird but there is nothing like that in Stolen which is disappointing.
- Gemma seems lifeless to me , her personality falls flat and her background wasn't much focused on for me .
The writer put so much focus on how Gemma was trying to find plans to run away or kill Ty , But that toke more space than it should have .
-I want the characters to collide , fight and have more intense moments together and let their relationship to evolve but nothing have happened . their conversations wasn't rich and they were more like "exchange of information" or Ty telling a story rather than a real 2-people conversation , Gemma's part was short and more of her thinking of a way out . Gemma was not listening to Ty in the whole novel , she was just simply hearing it .
The setting of the novel in the middle of dessert made me feel in the middle of nowhere ! I felt it ! It gave the feeling of being hopeless and isolated from the whole world where you have no place to run to but Ty . The description was beautiful and spot on ! . The heat of the endless desert , the stars and the patterns it formed made me develop a hate/love feeling towards it . just like how Gemma felt.
-I wasn't a fan of the ending . when it finally got to the point of their interaction , it all ended up so fast . No goodbyes or anything . Just the confusion of Gemma to be back to reality .
- Stockholm syndrome was a nice touch that gave me the urge to search about it and wonder if Gemma actually suffered from it but she is convinced that she isn't .
-Gemma ended up not adapting to be back to her old life and confused about her feelings toward the life she had with Ty in the middle of the dessert , which was realistic type of confusion and post-trauma feelings
-The book wasn't bad , but it wasn't as dark as it should be in order to go with the intense atmosphere and if some complex and intensity was added to Ty .
It was like a beautiful portrait that lacks shading!