Sunday, November 9, 2008

Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

When Alice was ten, Ray took her away from her family, her friends - her life. She learned to give up all power, to endure all pain. She waited for the nightmare to be over. 
Now Alice is fifteen and Ray still has her, but he speaks more and more of her death. He does not know it is what she longs for. She does not know he has something more terrifying than death in mind for her.
This is Alice's story. It is one you have never heard, and one you will never, ever forget.
(summary from jacket flap)

Oh. My. Gosh. I started this book one night and finished it the next morning. Now you all are aware of how slowly I've been reading as of late, and so this was quite the feat for me. But I seriously could not put this book down. And that's not a good thing either. Living Dead Girl covers such a morose and disturbing topic that I'm not surprised that it wasn't until now that a book has been written about it. I don't think any other author was brave enough or tough enough. I really have no idea how Elizabeth Scott did it. To have to come up with this story, write it, and take months to go through revisions and editing, would be enough to throw me into a serious depression. It's an amazing, moving, and poignant book, that gave me chills while I was reading. While there were some parts that left me unsatisfied, after thinking back, I don't think they could have been written any other way. The author clearly put a lot of thought into how she was going to write it, what tone she was going to take, and how she was going to execute the plot. And it really all paid off. Alice's character is disturbing and beautiful and all the twists are inserted and written in a very concise manner. The thing that really gets the story across to you is the dynamic of it. Elizabeth adapted just the right tone of voice to make the book come alive and scare the living daylights out of you. Now I'll probably be having nightmares for a week, but all for good reason. Living Dead Girl really opened my eyes and made me think about our world in a whole different way. But beware, this is not a light read in any way. Not at all.

10 comments:

  1. This book actually made me depressed a bit while reading it. . . it's like it's short, but heavy. If that even makes sense, lol.

    hope.

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  2. I have heard a lot of great reviews of this book, but haven't read it yet. I can't wait though

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  3. Aghh I'm getting so depressed by this book! I want this book sooo bad. Its like number 5 on my wish list. Behind like The Hunger Games and Paper Towns!

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  4. Great review! I echo your thoughts. I have been in a reading slump lately, but completed this book in one day. This is a story that will impact its readers for quite some time.

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  5. Great review! I enjoyed reading your take on this book. I can't say I was nearly as thrilled with it (posted my review today), but I enjoyed reading your thoughts.

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  6. This boot was really good, I read it in one sitting and yeah, I kind of got depressed after it too, like Hope said.

    PS-I tagged you!

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  7. I just reviewed this. If I saw this a bit early, I would have linked you.

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  8. Yea, this book shouldn't be treated lightly but it was a wonderful book. I love Elizabeth Scott's books! :)

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  9. Great review!

    Yes, I heard it was like a horror story for most. I want to get my hands on it so much but I have no time!

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  10. I've heard good things about this book and look forward to reading it. Thanks for an insightful review

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