The book Girl In the Cellar was one of the books I order a few months ago from bookcloseouts.com. I thought the topic looked interesting and they have such amazing prices that I figured I might as well order it. I got this one, The Godfather series and the Sweeney Todd book that tells the true story. So far this is the only one I have gotten around to reading. How was it? Well, good and bad.
I think the story about Natascha Kampusch being kidnapped by an adult man who was an odd individual and secreted away in a hidden chamber of his home for 8 years is an amazing story. I loved finding out what happened to her and where she ended up. I liked the color photos that showed not only the victim and abductor but also the reference areas where she was taken from, kept and lived. It always amazes me how the human spirit can kick in and help us to survive things we never imagined possible. This child was only 10 years old when she was grabbed on the streets and shoved in a van by Wolfgang Priklopil. She was brought directly to a dungeon he had prepared in his home. The pains he went to in creating this room that was hidden by so many doors and passageways that she would never have been found if he had passed away show just how sick this man was. The ultimate escape of Natascha was a joyful event while still leaving so many unanswered questions because of the suicide of her abductor.
What didn’t I like? The authors of this book didn’t seem to be writing from an inside view. It was almost as though they took information from a bunch of other people and quoted them and through them together in a book. There wasn’t really any first hand information. There were pages and pages of quoted conversations. I just got the feeling I was reading a story that was being told by a friend of a friend of a friend of the person it happened to. Nothing really personal about. Almost like reading a newspaper account that just says "sources say" and that was it.
I think if Natascha ever decides to write a book about her imprisonment it would be an amazing first hand story to read. As it was I enjoyed reading her story but felt like I just didn’t get the whole story.
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