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A review by anxietygirl74
Baby Doll by Hollie Overton
3.0
Received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book read like a second book in the story. I understood going in this is what happens "after", but I wasn't expecting to feel so disconnected to what was happening by not having lived the "before". It's not like I wanted to live the 8 years of rape and torture that Lily endured, but without living any of her time in captivity or living any of the fallout with her mother and sister it made it impossible for me to connect in any significant way. It was interesting to get all the different POVs and see it all from different eyes but I didn't feel any of it except for the initial anxiety during the escape. After that it was like watching it all on camera. Interesting but distant. I wanted to go deeper into the psyche of all involved. So much had happened during those 8 years to Abby and her mom Eve but all we got was bits and pieces that we had to put together. Oddly enough Lily came across as having it together the most and I found that frustrating. Out of all the characters in the book I found the most sympathy inducing response was from Shaina. She at least made me feel a little horrified. It also would have been nice to get an epilogue set farther into the future. A lot happened in the last 20% of the book (almost too rushed) and after all that drama I would have liked to have seen a firmer foundation in happiness.
This book read like a second book in the story. I understood going in this is what happens "after", but I wasn't expecting to feel so disconnected to what was happening by not having lived the "before". It's not like I wanted to live the 8 years of rape and torture that Lily endured, but without living any of her time in captivity or living any of the fallout with her mother and sister it made it impossible for me to connect in any significant way. It was interesting to get all the different POVs and see it all from different eyes but I didn't feel any of it except for the initial anxiety during the escape. After that it was like watching it all on camera. Interesting but distant. I wanted to go deeper into the psyche of all involved. So much had happened during those 8 years to Abby and her mom Eve but all we got was bits and pieces that we had to put together. Oddly enough Lily came across as having it together the most and I found that frustrating. Out of all the characters in the book I found the most sympathy inducing response was from Shaina. She at least made me feel a little horrified. It also would have been nice to get an epilogue set farther into the future. A lot happened in the last 20% of the book (almost too rushed) and after all that drama I would have liked to have seen a firmer foundation in happiness.