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A review by jessicacarlysinclair
Baby Doll by Hollie Overton
2.0
This book is predictable and unrealistic.
Very little research went into understanding human psychology before writing this book. The main character, and those closest to her, are mostly untraumatized. The main character's daughter, who has only ever met her mother and captor (and presumably never left her captor's property), is bizarrely well-socialized and well-adjusted.
The book features first-person chapters where we get to look inside the mind of the evil captor... but there's nothing there. No valid justification for why he is the way he is, no humanizing qualities to make him believable, no morality or character development, no believable inner dialogue in response to events that occur - just plain, cliche evilness.
Also, the author either struggles from serious body image issues, or just generally hates fat people. The amount of times this book attacks fatness/fat women is absurd. Like let it go, lady. Love yourself.
Very little research went into understanding human psychology before writing this book. The main character, and those closest to her, are mostly untraumatized. The main character's daughter, who has only ever met her mother and captor (and presumably never left her captor's property), is bizarrely well-socialized and well-adjusted.
The book features first-person chapters where we get to look inside the mind of the evil captor... but there's nothing there. No valid justification for why he is the way he is, no humanizing qualities to make him believable, no morality or character development, no believable inner dialogue in response to events that occur - just plain, cliche evilness.
Also, the author either struggles from serious body image issues, or just generally hates fat people. The amount of times this book attacks fatness/fat women is absurd. Like let it go, lady. Love yourself.