By: Clemence Michallon
“Rule number one of staying alive in the shed: He always wins. For five years, you have made sure of it.
Well this was a disappointment. Rachel has been kidnapped and locked in a shed for 5 years. Her kidnapper’s wife dies and her parents make the kidnapper and his daughter move out of their house. So the kidnapper takes Rachel to the new house and locks her in a room. Rachel does what she needs to to survive but is always thinking about breaking away from her kidnapper. To the town, her kidnapper seems like a normal, great father whom the town rallies around to help during this difficult time. He takes to Emily, a girl who becomes obsessed with him. Does Rachel ever escape?
This book started out great, but it ended in utter disappointment. It started off strong, but then it lost it’s way, I think a lot of that had to do with that even though it’s a shorter book it felt very dragged out. I hated the focus on Emily towards the end. It really took away from the actual victim. I don’t care what happens to the girl who was obsessed with him! We know from real life that the people that knew the person will say things like “I had no idea” or “he seemed like such a nice guy.” I wish the author would have focused on Rachel instead. The author leaves so many unanswered questions such as the why? Why did the kidnapper kill other women and not Rachel? Why keep her around for so long? I feel like an editor should have caught this, but maybe not. I don’t know. I was looking forward to reading this book and it was just bleh.
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