A review by bookswithkubra
Stolen by Lucy Christopher

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

2/5 – not bad, but definitely boring for me story-wise. The pacing is super fast in the first 2–3 chapters, but after that it turns into a long, drawn-out stream of thoughts. I get that this book was written for a younger audience, but if I struggled to get through it—even at 1.75x speed—and it still took me six weeks to finish… I honestly don’t know how younger readers are supposed to get through it.

I also really wish we got to see more about what happened in her family’s and friends’ lives after she was kidnapped. And I don’t get why, at the end, she was missing him and even defending him? I guess Stockholm syndrome had really kicked in at that point.