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A review by ironi
The Second Captive by Maggie James
2.0
Did I read the same book as the other people reviewing it?
I was in the mood for a psychological thriller, something to wake me up and make me feel stuff. I came across this book and felt it could be good.
Oh man, how do I begin unpacking my thoughts?
First of all, Beth is so stupid. It's impossible to root for her because she is an idiot. It's beyond being 18 and naive, I was 18 not too long ago. Beth is in a whole new catagory.
I feel like the author didn't consult any actual victims of Stockholm Syndrome, that she read the psychological definition somewhere (and made a character repeat it to prove her knowledge). All the steps are there but I just didn't believe it.
It's all so unrealistic, like this book keeps being like "I'm a book so this can happen" and I'm here like "okay no, where is your obligation to portraying something real".
Ah, I will continue later, I'm not into this now.
I was in the mood for a psychological thriller, something to wake me up and make me feel stuff. I came across this book and felt it could be good.
Oh man, how do I begin unpacking my thoughts?
First of all, Beth is so stupid. It's impossible to root for her because she is an idiot. It's beyond being 18 and naive, I was 18 not too long ago. Beth is in a whole new catagory.
I feel like the author didn't consult any actual victims of Stockholm Syndrome, that she read the psychological definition somewhere (and made a character repeat it to prove her knowledge). All the steps are there but I just didn't believe it.
It's all so unrealistic, like this book keeps being like "I'm a book so this can happen" and I'm here like "okay no, where is your obligation to portraying something real".
Ah, I will continue later, I'm not into this now.