A review by lindseysparks
Baby Doll by Hollie Overton

This book is about what happens after a woman escapes from a man who has been holding her hostage for eight years. I liked that it was about what happens after instead of during - how the family had moved on as much as they could and how Lily built certain things up in her mind because they were the only things she had to hold on to during her captivity. I also liked that we got several characters' perspectives, including Lily's rapist. It was very fast paced even though there wasn't a lot of plot tension - the thriller aspect all happens in the first chapter. The author is a TV writer and I think that's why it was so fast paced and pretty straightforward. The author's father is in prison for manslaughter, and that made the story more interesting to me - how does she feel about her father, the victim, the victim's family, etc. and how did that influence the story she chose to tell?
I liked that she had her characters show anger and that Lily was strong and went after Rick. However, I felt like her character seemed to recover a bit too quickly for the most part. I also did not like the ending. It just seemed like it went off the rails a bit. I read this in one sitting and was a fine way to spend an evening despite that though.