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Summary: A TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY
Review: Like her wonderful novel The Lovely Bones - which I've also reviewed and which you must read - Lucky is a harrowing, heart-wrenching book about the worst possible thing that can happen to a woman. Alice Sebold tells the raw story of her rape ordeal and her subsequent struggle for recovery with an honesty and warmth which is compelling. Lucky reads almost like a novel itself at times, with gripping moments of suspense, particularly during the court trial scenes.
Alice Sebold was the innocent victim of an unforgivable crime - but she doesn't ask for our sympathy or pity in these beautifully written pages. She earns our respect and admiration for the courageous way she tells how the traumatic events changed and shaped her life; how the naive college student would eventually become a hardened, determined aggressor herself in her brave fight for justice against her attacker. Sadly, this natural reaction to her personal violation came with a price - destructive behavioural damage that brought a later downward spiral into drugs. What the author didn't know at the time is that she was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder; an anxiety syndrome that emerges following a psychologically distressing traumatic event such as rape, which she battles to overcome.
Can someone really, truly, get over something so savage and brutal as rape is the numbing thought you're left with long after you put the book aside? The past can never be forgotten, but Alice Sebold has managed to crawl from the wreckage and move on with her life to a happier future that has brought her international fame and acclaim. That says something about the human spirit - and everything about this remarkable woman.
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Summary: physically and mentally abused
Review: The Truth shall set you free in this tell all honest look into the life in a terrible enviroment, the enviroment inside of a mind that has been physically and mentally abused.. The book delves into the pain that she had to live through similar to that of the reality based/courageous 'NIGHTMARES ECHO',has poignant,at times a bit of humor like that of 'RUNNING WITH SCISSORS', and a bit sorrowful like that of 'BEAUTY FOR ASHES'.
No matter what comparrison you make...."Lucky" is an exceptional look at abuse..........and as I have seen from the prior books I have read, abuse comes in many forms and scars what it touches!
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Summary: Outstanding book
Review: Julia Hunter, A reviewer, January 26, 2004,
Outstanding book
Ms. Seabold does an outstanding job with this book in getting the reader to see the crisis in her life and all that led up and through this book. It is a hard to put down kind of book that holds your interest.
Along the same lines of "Lucky" are some other books of interest: Nightmares Echo/Katlyn Stewart, Lost Boy/David Pelzer
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Summary: A reminder that we all have a reason to feel Lucky
Review: Lucky is author Alice Sebold's autobiographical account of the violent, brutal rape she experienced at the end of her freshman year at Syracuse University. The first ten pages describe what Sebold recalls of the rape, which very effectively allows the reader to get a sense of young Alice's experience. What follows is a detailed account of what happened next, from Alice's initial reporting of the rape and medical care to the reactions of her family and friends to the eventual trial of her rapist. Sebold tells her own story in the same detached, unemotional narration which she utilized in her novel, The Lovely Bones, yet as with that book, the emotions clearly shine through her simple prose. At one point, Sebold shared the following observation: "I was learning that no one--females included--knew what to do with a rape victim." As the book continues, it is obvious that this statement applies even to Alice herself, as she struggles to figure out what to do. Although she calls herself a "successful rape victim," Sebold is unable to escape the traumatic effects common to so many survivors of this crime.As a psychologist, I believe that some rape survivors might find support and optimisim in Alice's story, whereas others may be unable to relate to her particular experiences. As a reader, I wanted to know more about how Alice ended up; to me, Sebold's 10-page "Aftermath" section seemed to be a rushed, inadequate conclusion to Alice's compelling story. However, I still found this book to be a worthwhile read, especially given that I agree with Sebold's basic premise that one can experience horrible events yet still be blessed--I feel Lucky too.
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Summary: devastation
Review: true accounts of the devastational life one teen must live with after living through rape. It is sad, emotional and yet completely honest in its accounts. it also shows the reader that not all abuse is child oriented. Rape is also abuse. It lingers long after the initial act is over and destroys lives.
this is a must read like that of Nightmares Echo and A Child Called It.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: The best book I've read this year. I've passed the CD on to my husband and a number of friends. They all loved it and couldn't stop listening.
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Summary: a searing memoir of rape and its aftermath
Review: Alice Sebold was an 18-year-old college freshman, walking through the park after a party on the last day of school, when she was attacked and raped in May 1981. She details the brutal crime and its immediate aftermath in the dorm, the police station, home with her parents. Then she chronicles her return to the campus where it all happened, and when a new uphill battle begins when she sees the rapist on the street and decides to prosecute. Alice's life and relationships with friends and family take turns for the better and the worse, although not all at the same time and in the same direction. Her year back at school coupled with identifying the rapist and going through the trial is harrowing and taxing on the reader, one can only imagine what it was like for the author to go through it herself!!! Sebold paints a very clear picture, writing down every detail (carefully researched by meeting with her lawyers and other key players 15 years later.) This is an important book for women to read -- the rape and trial that Sebold went through in 1981 could very well have happened verbatim today and any year before, in between or beyond.
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Summary: Disgusting!
Review: I hated this book!It was really gross I know its bad that alice was raped but this is sad and when I read it Ughhh!
Alice if your reading this no offence but Im sorry what happend to you it was just disturbing and got me grossed out!
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Summary: Overcoming Obstacles
Review: This book was beautifully written. The author uses the audiences attention by starting with the story first and then recapturing the events that took place afterword. She keeps the reader on their toes by her amazing description of events.
Alice Sebold shows how she overcame her rape and was able to survive it. She told what happened to her and how it effected the lives around her. She overcame what everyone else tried to forget. She got revenge and lost some friends for it and gained some new ones. She was handed lemons and made lemonade.
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Summary: Lucky
Review: I enjoyed reading Lucky, I found it very interesting to see what Alice had to go through after the rape and how brave it had made her.
I thought the first couple chapters were really interesting,and I wanted to keep reading. As the novel continued it seemed like everything was drawn out, and I could predict what was going to happen next.
Overall I enjoyed the novel, but I wouldn't want to read it again.
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