Alice Sebold - Lucky

Pros: The writing is exceptional. The story is important.
Cons: Graphic.

When something horrible happens, people can say the dumbest things. Alice Sebold was beaten and raped as an 18-year-old Syracuse co-ed, and the cop told her that another girl was murdered in the same spot and that Alice was “lucky” by comparison. ...

Pros: Well written, powerful and honest.
Cons: Graphic details of the rape may be upsetting.

After being blown away by Alice Sebold's novel, The Lovely Bones, I was eager to read her previously written book, Lucky. I was surprised to find out that the book was non-fiction. In fact, it was the powerful story of the author's...

Pros: tremendous detail, terrific writing and vocalization
Cons: leaves nothing to the imagination-not for the faint of heart

Lucky is a shockingly true account of a brutal rape and its aftermath. Alice Sebold, the author, was the victim of that rape when she was an 18 year old college freshman at Syracuse, and she tells her story in the first person. Because I listened ...

Pros: Honest, well-written. I do not possess superlatives that would not sound cheap to describe this book quickly
Cons: Though worth reading, it's pretty heavy stuff

Within a few pages of the beginning of her book, we learn that, as an 18-year-old freshman at Syracuse University, Alice Sebold was brutally raped. What follows is her story, both before and after.

God knows what she may have left out, but...

Pros: Incredible Story of Alice's triumph over rape.
Cons: Descriptive- brutal

As a freshman in college- I was assaulted. There are many of us out there who strive to make a diff ...

Pros: The author is 100% honest, 100% of the time.
Cons: Some may not appreciate the graphics...

I had just finished reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, which spent much of last year on the best-seller list, and loved it so much that I didn't want the book to end. Unfortunatly, it did end, so I searched for more by this incredible author and ...

Pros: The constant flow of events.
Cons: nothing.

I read this during the summer and i was amazed. The flow of the entire book captured me. it was intense at parts and sometimes utterly unbearable. by this i mean the things that she had gone through. The author is amazing and i find so much strength in her just in the fact that she can write about this and publish it for the whole world to learn. one more time, this book was a great read.