Living Dead Girl is most of all a book about child abuse. As a young girl, the narrator is kidnapped by a pedophile. She is physically, sexually, and mentally abused by him. Now that she is getting older, the man is looking to kidnap another young girl. The way that Alice copes with this idea is compelling. Elizabeth Scott is great at creating a voice for Alice. I felt that Alice was very real. At the same time, this voice was very disturbing. There were times where I felt I should stop reading because the glimpse of her life that I got was so disturbing. This is definitely not a book to approach lightly.
I talked about it a little before, but one thing I notice about some readers who reviewed this book is that they gave the book a rating of one or two stars not because the book is poorly written (it's not), but because they didn't like the abuse Alice endured. I honestly don't feel that it is fair to rate a book about abuse poorly because you were disturbed by the abuse. It's kind of like me reading a Harry Potter book and rating it with one star because I don't like that it talked about magic or if I chose to read a historical romance and didn't like that there was historical romance in it.
Overall, Living Dead Girl is a great book, but I recommend discussing this book with young adult readers if they choose to read it.
I love that you enjoy dark reads also. Another I haven't heard of.
ReplyDeleteI fully understand about the low rates, I do find it hard to rate a book when you don't enjoy the story, to much cursing etc, but it is a difference on the writing not being great.
I understand it affecting a reviewer not used to it, but the description of abuse or mention in reviews makes me want to read it because I know I can appreciate and enjoy it.
Thank you for your comment! I understand rating a book down if the story isn't interesting, but it just seems wrong for me to pick up a book that is blatantly about abuse and then rate it down because abuse makes me feel uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I recommend this book if you do like dark books! I love the way it's written.
I love Elizabeth Scott! I can understand your train of thought makes sense
ReplyDelete@Cleverly Inked - This is the first Elizabeth Scott book I've read but I will probably read more! Thanks for commenting!
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