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My Story by Chris Stewart, Elizabeth Smart

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jessicathedestroyer's review against another edition

3.0

This is a crazy story. It's amazing what this woman did to survive her capture.Definitely would recommend for people whole love true crime.

kaylee_2182's review

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challenging dark inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

bairda's review

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inspiring

4.0

I feel like this would have been a much better book if written by someone else. Maybe a better writer, for one, but also someone with enough distance from the emotional side of the story to actually tell it.

As it is, the book consists of 1/3 "It was too awful to describe, I'll just gloss over the entire experience" and 2/3 super-defensive "I really didn't want to be there, I SWEAR I never liked them, I never cooperated, you have to believe me!", which doesn't lend a whole lot of credibility to Elizabeth's claim that she doesn't need therapy because she immediately got over the ordeal by sheer willpower.

junefawn's review against another edition

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Narration was too theatrical, especially for a true crime memoir. Disappointed

kateoneil's review

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challenging emotional inspiring sad tense

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torabella216's review

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3.0

The writing is surprisingly simplistic and uninteresting. I wish the author had shared more of an authentic reflection. Much of the story felt like the resetting of a narrative. As if the author was trying to convince us that she had not been brainwashed or developed loyalty or Stockholm syndrome towards her captive.