Book: Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

Book Info: Published by Simon Pulse; 170 pages; hardcover; borrowed from the library

Genre: YA/Contemporary

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Goodreads.com Summary: “Once upon a time, I was a little girl who disappeared.

Once upon a time, my name was not Alice.

Once upon a time, I didn’t know how lucky I was.”

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.

I thought Living Dead Girl was amazing.  It was heartbreaking, and so hard to put down, even when I wanted to.

It was beautifully written, and Scott didn’t waste a single word in Living Dead Girl.  You know exactly what things are like for Alice and you get a clear picture of what it’s like for her in the years that she’s been kidnapped.  It’s definitely an emotional book, and you can’t help but feel sad, horrified and angry all at the same time.

I thought the really short chapters worked well for the book.  As for the ending, I liked that it ambiguous, because you get to decide for yourself what happens.  A little more closure would have been nice, especially since it’s such a short book.  But in general, I’m pretty happy with the ending because it did fit with the novel.

I’m not sure how accurate Alice’s experience is, but it did feel very real, and Scott does a great job of making it feel so real, like it could happen to anyone.

Overall, it gets a 5 out of 5.