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solaana's review against another edition
3.0
Yeah no one gets lucky in this book. Just raped. Over and over and over again.
debi_g's review against another edition
I read this when it was new and remember it as pretty harrowing and interesting to read as a companion to her fictionalization of the events that was turned into a movie.
tatumreads's review against another edition
3.0
I found out halfway through reading this book that the man who went to jail for Alice's rape was wrongly convicted. I decided to read the rest of the book with this in mind.
I agree that this book is now inaccurate with the new information out there. If you still want to read it, make sure you also read the news articles to know updated facts.
The entire story is tragic. What happened to Alice was horrible. What happened to the wrongly accused Anthony was awful as well. But what is worse is the comments I see on here with people saying this makes Alice a liar, and she had it easy making millions when she sent an innocent man to jail.
She didn't have it easy. If you read the book, you would know she ended up with severe PTSD and did heroin to cope with what happened up to 10 years after her rape. Yes, she falsely accused the wrong man, but the judge ultimately sent him to jail, not her.
Initially, she gave no comment when the news broke and got attacked for this. Then when she did issue an apology, it was deemed insufficient, and she got attacked again. I can't speak for her, but I am sure she was devastated, shocked, and felt terrible.
There are two victims here, Anthony and Alice. People in these comments need to show more compassion.
Before writing a scathing review about a book, you didn't read, maybe consider you don't know the whole story.
I agree that this book is now inaccurate with the new information out there. If you still want to read it, make sure you also read the news articles to know updated facts.
The entire story is tragic. What happened to Alice was horrible. What happened to the wrongly accused Anthony was awful as well. But what is worse is the comments I see on here with people saying this makes Alice a liar, and she had it easy making millions when she sent an innocent man to jail.
She didn't have it easy. If you read the book, you would know she ended up with severe PTSD and did heroin to cope with what happened up to 10 years after her rape. Yes, she falsely accused the wrong man, but the judge ultimately sent him to jail, not her.
Initially, she gave no comment when the news broke and got attacked for this. Then when she did issue an apology, it was deemed insufficient, and she got attacked again. I can't speak for her, but I am sure she was devastated, shocked, and felt terrible.
There are two victims here, Anthony and Alice. People in these comments need to show more compassion.
Before writing a scathing review about a book, you didn't read, maybe consider you don't know the whole story.
samantha_89's review against another edition
2.0
I think this could have been a good book had it had a stronger ending... which is difficult because I believe it's actually non-fiction. I felt that the character made no big leaps or bounds at the end and that they weren't very redeemable. They hadn't overcome anything and it just kind of ended. Up until that point in the book I really enjoyed it, the writing was really readable.
novelesque_life's review against another edition
4.0
4 STARS
"In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold's indomitable spirit - as she struggles for understanding ("After telling the hard facts to anyone, from lover to friend, I have changed in their eyes"); as her dazed family and friends sometimes bungle their efforts to provide comfort and support; and as, ultimately, she triumphs, managing through grit and coincidence to help secure her attacker's arrest and conviction. In a narrative by turns disturbing, thrilling, and inspiring, Alice Sebold illuminates the experience of trauma victims even as she imparts wisdom profoundly hard-won: "You save yourself or you remain unsaved."(From Amazon)
Wow, an amazing memoir. It is so raw and haunting that this story stuck with me months after reading it. Knowing it is a true story makes it both heartbreaking and hopeful at the same time.
"In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold's indomitable spirit - as she struggles for understanding ("After telling the hard facts to anyone, from lover to friend, I have changed in their eyes"); as her dazed family and friends sometimes bungle their efforts to provide comfort and support; and as, ultimately, she triumphs, managing through grit and coincidence to help secure her attacker's arrest and conviction. In a narrative by turns disturbing, thrilling, and inspiring, Alice Sebold illuminates the experience of trauma victims even as she imparts wisdom profoundly hard-won: "You save yourself or you remain unsaved."(From Amazon)
Wow, an amazing memoir. It is so raw and haunting that this story stuck with me months after reading it. Knowing it is a true story makes it both heartbreaking and hopeful at the same time.
highladyofthedaycourt's review against another edition
4.0
It's a memoir so graphically detailed, and also immediately goes into detail about her assult.
cheyenneisreading's review against another edition
5.0
Gut wrenching, heartbreaking and beautifully written. This book went way beyond expectations, every page was filled raw emotion and power. Thank you Alice.