Sunday, March 25, 2018

Book Review: Baby Doll by Hollie Overton


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Title: Baby Doll
Author: Hollie Overton
Series/Standalone: Standalone
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Adult
Pages: 281
Publisher: Redhook
Year Published: 2016
Format: ARC (bought online by accident)
First Line: "A dead bolt has a very specific sound."

"Held captive for eight years, Lily has grown from a teenager to an adult in a small basement prison. Her daughter Sky has been a captive her whole life. But one day their captor leaves the deadbolt unlocked.

This is what happens next...
...to her twin siser, to her mother, to her daughter... and to her captor."

My Rating: 4/5

WARNING THIS BOOK CONTAINS: sexual assualt, violence, swearing, mental health disorders, etc.
I'd heard about this book a while ago, but had just read Room by Emma Donoghue, so I put off picking this one up. I think that was a good choice to make. This book is a very interesting story about forgiveness, letting go and serving justice where it's due. I liked the different perspectives that we followed and was interested mostly in the view of the captor throughout the novel. That being said, there were aspects of the story that I found to be unneccessary, or to just add drama to an already dramatic situation. Overall, I would read more work by the author and would recommend this book to those who have read and enjoyed Room.

Thanks for reading,
Sidny

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