A review by dvdpcp
3,096 Days by Natascha Kampusch

5.0

Wow. Can’t believe someone could survive that. Her story was so well conveyed, there was so much of it was unprepared for. How being a child makes survival easier, how her difficult upbringing she felt prepared her to endure abuse. I appreciated her insight and pushback on “Stockholm Syndrome” and respect so much her refusal to let other people define something she experienced. Also her insistence that good and evil are not separate opposite categories, but shades of gray and choice that exist in degrees within all of us. I feel like that supports a lot of abolitionist/transformative Justice ideas. I cannot believe that I unrelated saw the scene where she escapes on tik tok and then read the book without knowing. Respect how she doesn’t talk about sexual abuse and keeps that private for herself. She seems so smart and competent and strong, I don’t think I could have done what she did. She’s a very awe-inspiring person.