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stinkusbinkus 's review for:
Freedom: My Book of Firsts
by Jaycee Dugard
I feel like this book would have been better as a blog.
Jaycee Dugard's story is one that will stick with me forever. I read and thoroughly enjoyed her first memoir, A Stolen Life, a few years ago. So when news broke that Jaycee was coming out with a follow-up, I was intrigued.
It feels almost ungrateful to say I was disappointed in Freedom. Her fifth grade-level writing style added to the impact of the first book (seeing as her formal education stopped then), but here it just seemed out of place. I know her writing was left that way on purpose the first time, but I don't know if it was necessary for this one. It reads very much like a 10-year-old's diary, which makes it weird when she talks about hangovers and the odd curse word is thrown in there.
With that all being said, I'm happy to see that Jaycee was able to reintegrate into society after enduring 18 years of unimaginable horror. She's capable of having a normal life, and that's wonderful.
Jaycee Dugard's story is one that will stick with me forever. I read and thoroughly enjoyed her first memoir, A Stolen Life, a few years ago. So when news broke that Jaycee was coming out with a follow-up, I was intrigued.
It feels almost ungrateful to say I was disappointed in Freedom. Her fifth grade-level writing style added to the impact of the first book (seeing as her formal education stopped then), but here it just seemed out of place. I know her writing was left that way on purpose the first time, but I don't know if it was necessary for this one. It reads very much like a 10-year-old's diary, which makes it weird when she talks about hangovers and the odd curse word is thrown in there.
With that all being said, I'm happy to see that Jaycee was able to reintegrate into society after enduring 18 years of unimaginable horror. She's capable of having a normal life, and that's wonderful.