Baby Doll
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"You've been held captive in one room, mentally and physically abused every day, since you were sixteen years old. Then, one night, you realize your captor has left the door to your cell unlocked. For the first time in eight years, you're free. This is about what happens next ... Lily knows that she must bring the man who nearly ruined her life to justice. But she never imagined that reconnecting with her family would be just as difficult. Reclaiming her relationship with her twin sister, her mother, and her high school sweetheart, who is in love with her sister, may be Lily's greatest challenge. After all they've been through, can Lily and her family find their way back after this life-altering trauma?"--
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4.5 stars
First I want to thank NetGalley and RedHook books for providing me with a copy of this book to read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I started this book several years ago and only managed to read 15% of the book. I think the reason I ended up putting it down back then was because we know immediately who the culprit is and I like not know that specific detail until the end. That's honestly the only reason I ended up not continuing with the book. I am determined to catch up on the books on my NetGalley shelf this year and Baby Doll was the first one up. Now that I have finally read it I am kicking myself for putting it down all those years ago.
I will say I wasn't immediately sucked into this story. It took a few chapters to really pull me in. Each chapter is a different point of view and we get 4 different points of view. We get Lily who was the one kidnapped, we get Abby who is Lily's twin sister, we get Eve who is their mother and then we get some chapters from the kidnappers point of view. While some of the the characters actions really bothered me I was still sucked into the story. I read over 75% of the book in one sitting that's how immersed in the story I was. We don't get all the sordid details of Lily's captivity yes we do get a glimpse of all that she endured but I don't feel like it went into to much detail but I definitely say look into trigger warnings for this book because there are a lot of triggering subjects talked about.
I got choked up several times reading about what happened to Lily in captivity and also how she was coping now that she is free. None of the characters were perfect and each of them did something or multiple something that made me want to slap them and say what the hell are you thinking. Saying I enjoyed reading this book seems wrong considering the subject matter but overall I did enjoy the story and seeing how Lily overcame everything.
