Living Dead Girl

The book I read is called “Living Dead Girl” By Elizabeth Scott. Elizabeth Scott is also the author of The Unwritten Rule, Bloom, Perfect You, and Stealing Heaven. This book is not like other books I’ve read, it’s one of those books that you start reading and stop for a moment because it makes you emotional and pick back up because you really want to know the ending. You really want the book to end on a happy note. I would say that this book really teaches you how to appreciate life. This book really goes with the quote “You never know what you have until it’s gone”.

           

This story is about a Girl named Alice who goes on a school trip to the zoo with her school when she was in elementary, ten years old, and she gets kidnapped by a man named Ray. Ray has nothing but bad intentions. Years pass, Alice is fifteen, and Ray still has her. Alice thinks about her death more and more. She would rather be dead than be living this nightmare. Alice always thinks about how her family is doing, why they don’t search for her, and what would happen if she were to escape and go back with her family. In the story Alice says “I look wrong. I look dead. I’m not, though. I’m only partway there, a living dead girl. I have been for five years” (Scott 7). What Alice is trying to say here is that she already feels dead because she has no one by her side. She’s living with a monster. Her family stopped searching for her so what’s the point right? They’re probably better off without her. They probably started a new family. They probably forgot all about her by now.

           

I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone looking for a good realistic fiction book to read. When I first picked out this book I didn’t think I was going to like it but I got it anyway because I wanted to try to read something new. This has everything you would want in a book. It has a theme, good characters, unpredictability, and a satisfying ending. It also has a sort of mysterious vibe to it as well. I think people who really like realistic fiction or dramatic books would really enjoy this the most. I would even recommend this to people who don’t like or wouldn’t get these types of books because this would totally change your opinion on realistic fiction books. Living Dead Girl teaches you a lot about life and how it could be changed at any moment and it doesn’t always get changed for the better. This book defiantly reminds me of the quote “You never know what you have until it’s gone. Don’t believe me? Read for yourself to find out.  

Book Review by Maria S.