jlb8's review against another edition
2.0
I read this after reading Lovely Bones, which I think is the way to do it. This tells the story of the author's own rape and its repercussions. I think it's good to read Lovely Bones first, so you identify more with the character, rather than thinking about the author's own real-life experience.
fionacalda's review against another edition
4.0
Starts with in-your-face blow-by-blow account of the rape then peters out somewhat, until you get back into the nitty gritty details of the trial. Anything that wasn't to do with the rape, such as memories of her childhood, were annoying distractions. Interesting to read this law-and-order story from a victim's point of view, and how it affected her daily life, friendships and relationships. Her parents were both fruitloops and utterly incapable of giving her support, and her friendships didn't seem to last very long. Her closest friend Lila was a big disappointment too. I was annoyed that she blamed a lot of things going wrong on her being female. I'm a female, a somewhat feminist, but can see that sometimes things go wrong regardless of what gender you are.
djames17's review against another edition
5.0
Really opened my eyes as a young girl when I first read this.
lsm's review against another edition
4.0
Immediately after I read The Lovely Bones I ran out and bought Lucky. This book covers even more difficult subject matter because it's autobiographical. I liked it even more than The Lovely Bones. However, the only reason I got through it was because I'd seen the author at a reading of The Lovely Bones a few weeks earlier and knew she her to be alright. It helped to know that through it all she made it out ok.
crichardson83's review against another edition
3.0
This book looks deep into the aftermath of sexual assault and the struggles both emotionally and in trying to bring the criminal to justice.
giftofbooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.75
This was a hard read, especially with recent events surrounding this story. She doesn’t pull punches when she’s describing the process of being raped. And how the trauma doesn’t stop after the success of the trial during the time. She still had so many issues after it all happened.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Rape
brynebo's review against another edition
4.0
As a victim of assualt, it was a tough read, but one that I thought, correctly (for me), would be cathartic.
cowboylucy's review against another edition
5.0
The details of this memoir are harrowing, but making it through gave me deep insight into what it’s like being a survivor of such violence. Inspiring that her rapist was convicted despite being the 80s.
arlafreeman's review against another edition
5.0
This is the kind of uncomfortable truth everyone needs to read. It opens your eyes to rape victims survival, trauma, and everlasting trials and rapists that most likely walk away free. The few that get convicted and the difficulty of convicting them. I found myself pausing to breathe at times. Overwhelmed. Anxious. Very raw.