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gunit_k31 's review for:
The Marsh King's Daughter
by Karen Dionne
Helena was born in the marsh, where she lived with her father and her mother. Her mother was 14 when she was kidnapped and brought to the marsh by an older man, who is her father. Having known nothing besides her life in the marsh and stuff from a few National Geographic magazines she keeps hidden, Helena remains unaware of the fact that she is the product of a kidnapping and rape. Helena grows up learning survival skills from her father. She admires her father like any other child, not seeing his cruel and manipulative side, for the simple reason that she doesn't know any better.
The story switched constantly between the past and the present. In the present, Helena is tracking her father who has escaped from prison, while thinking of the stories of her past.
It was nice to read a different kind of mystery. It reminded of the book Room, which is also about another teenage girl who is kidnapped and held captive for several years in a room, where she ends up giving birth to a boy. The stories are not similar, but for a long time, I imagined Helena and her mother stuck in one single room, until Helena talked about her room and that of her parents'. :D
Nevertheless, the mystery had a different flavor. I could empathize with Helena's struggles and admire her strength while also constantly working through adrenaline rush of finding out what happens next.
The story switched constantly between the past and the present. In the present, Helena is tracking her father who has escaped from prison, while thinking of the stories of her past.
It was nice to read a different kind of mystery. It reminded of the book Room, which is also about another teenage girl who is kidnapped and held captive for several years in a room, where she ends up giving birth to a boy. The stories are not similar, but for a long time, I imagined Helena and her mother stuck in one single room, until Helena talked about her room and that of her parents'. :D
Nevertheless, the mystery had a different flavor. I could empathize with Helena's struggles and admire her strength while also constantly working through adrenaline rush of finding out what happens next.