Today, I finished reading, “A Stolen Life” by Jaycee Lee Dugard.

This book is about the disappearance of Jaycee Dugard. It’s tells everything about her life living with the Garrido’s, Phillip & Nancy. She was abducted in 1991 at the age of 11. You may have already known about this story of what they reported in the media, but in this book she reveals a lot of things that nobody knows about. She explains everything in detail of how she lived her life, being held captive by the Garrido’s.

I must warn you that this book is not for everyone to read even though you may think it is. Do not read this book if you: 1) are offended at sexual content 2) can’t take adults sexual abuse against children (which she explains in detail in the book) 3) are scared of this happening to you 4) can’t take graphic material.

You may look at this as a positive and happy book but it really isn’t. It’s very dark and disturbing. I read this book in a few quick days because it was very short. The pacing was really fast, because the way she wrote this book sounded like a young child wrote it.

This book will make you feel sorry and sad for her. I sure did. I don’t think I  could read a book like this again though. Even I felt a little frightened reading it.

Did I like it? Well hard to say really. This book was never meant to be liked or disliked, in my opinion. To me, I looked at it as an educational book. She teaches you about survival. If you’ve been abducted and kidnapped, it’s always possible to stay alive. Either to escape or get rescued, either way. She teaches you that just because a person goes missing doesn’t mean he/she could be dead. She proves that.

Feel free to read this book if you want, but to be honest, I wouldn’t recommend it.

Kev