A review by fionacalda
Lucky by Alice Sebold

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.