Lucky
by Alice Sebold
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Manufacturer: Picador
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9788876415609
ISBN: 033041836X
Label: Picador
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2003-06-06
Publisher: Picador
Studio: Picador
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Summary: A gripping read
Comment: I found the start of the book where Alice describes the rape quite disturbing but gripping at the same time. I wanted to keep reading to find out how someone could possibly recover from such an ordeal.
Like others have said I felt like the book lost momentum in the latter chapters. After her attacker was brought to justice and Alice left University it kind of felt like the story finished. I suppose this is inevitable as it was a true story and not a piece of fiction with drama right up until the end.
I think it's worth reading for anyone to gain an insight into how a victim of such a crime might be feeling.
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Summary: Gripping but a bit disjointed
Comment: Like some other reviewers I found this book gripping, reading it in 1 sitting, and was full of admiration for her strength and courage, but found the later sections of the book of how her life drifted into drug use and general lack of direction very disjointed and without sufficient explanation - I think she should either have ended it sooner or kept it for a second volume.
I also initially did not like the way the book started just like the Lovely Bones i.e. with the awful event itself - a bit unoriginal I thought to myself at the time - but I suppose I can understand the logic of starting with the central event.
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Summary: Disappointing
Comment: This book is quite different to the excellent lovely bones. Although this book is also very well written & hard to put down, I found it very hard to read as a person who has also been attacked. Alice Sebold let herself become a rape victim, rather than survivor. I thought this ruined the book for me a little, especially in the way she seems to have judged her friend & thus other girls who have suffered this hideous crime.
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Summary: Harrowing but worthy of a read.
Comment: Had mixed feelings about reading this considering the actual topic but I have to say although very harrowing in parts I found it a compelling read. Sometimes I could barely come to terms with the fact that the story contained an actual factual account of something that had happened to another human being. How she could actually face going back to write about what happened to her is beyond me. What a brave lady Alice is. Glad to say I have read, having heard so much about this book, but not one I would want to read again.
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Summary: Great read though disturbing
Comment: Totally different to "The Lovely Bones." This is the true story of the author Alice Seabold's rape and the terrible effect it had on her life and those around her. I can't begin to imagine going through something like this, I found the book disturbing but also quite unputdownable.
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