The Little Prisoner is the book that i have the interest to read on and have been looking forward to the ending. Jane's parentes had divorce when she was young and her mother married to another man and gave birth to three sons. Richard, the stepfather wanted to have his own daughter but unfortunately he does not have.at the age of 4, Jane was treated as a slave of her stepfather, Richard. she was bullied and sexually abused by her stepfather and all these continue for 17 years even until she had her own child. at the age of 21, Jane finally managed to escape from Richard to be with her husband, Steve and her two daughters. five years after she escaped, she finally managed to find the courage to go to the police and repoort all the cases of abusing.Richard always make an excuse by saying that Jane had done something wrong and so, she must be punish by him. but in fact, in his mind , he just wanted to abused Jane and make himself happy. there is once when no one is around, Richard bring Jane to the living room and told her that she had done something wrong and wanted to play a new game with her. he asked Jane to close her eyes and do not open until she was ask to do so. at the point of time, Jane could hear a 'zipped' sound. he thenn ask Jane to hold onto his 'thumb' and do it in a reciprocating mammer. which is actually his penis. Jane knew it was something other than his thumb but she cannot say or do anything. because if she do that, she will be in deep trouble. i think Richard is really a 'sick' man. i believe that if Jane is his own blood daughter, he would not treat her in this way but such abuse still do happen in the world. i know it was impossible if there is not such thing happening in this world so i hope that at least this kind of sad cases can be reduces. from this book, i have learn not to keep everything deep inside ny heart. we should share our feelings with our good friends instead and we will actually feel much more better. by keeping everything in our heart, there will be one day that we cannot take it and we will breakdown. perhaps we will think of suiciding which is actually not worth it. god gave us our life and it isn't right for us to end it early than it actually is. may god bless you! (:
Honestly, this book didn't make me sad or cry.Instead.It pissed me off to no end.RICHARD YOU BASTARD!! Urgh! He was a complete asshole to everyone and everyTHING around him. People like him should be tranquilized and put in a cage because they're nothing but belligerent pests to society.He was a manipulative, sociopathic, sadistic, domineering, jealous, pedophilic, predatory, abusive, violent, belligerent, evil creature that I'm surprised was spawned from a mortal's womb.The whole time I was reading this I was likeandand Richard made me so fucking mad at him I just wanted to, to , to--!and andFuck this man and fuck the family, too. For Jane Elliott to do what she did, despite being under Richard's thumb for pretty much two decades of her life..."Family comes first"? Seriously? Anyone who shields their family members from being punished under the full extent of the law when they fucking deserve everything coming to them is only enabling the scum of the Earth to roam free and further fuck up the system. Her brothers and her mother and other family members sending death threats and threatening messages and intimidating them. What is this, Appalachia? This is CIVIL society you're living in, you English trailer trash and with your attitude everyone would prefer if you'd just fuck yourselves with a molten tire iron and die.A very powerful and moving book. I rarely get this amped up over a book unless I find it very horrible and insane and this was just that. I recommend this to be read by anyone who like "success stories" like David Pelzer's A Child Called It saga.
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This was a very hard book for me to read. At first I did not really understand why she let him do that to her even when she was an adult but then I started thinking of her family. Real white trash. They terrorized the neighborhood and everyone was scared of them.We have families like that in The Netherlands too and people do not dare to complain cause they know they will be punished for it later. What annoyed me mostly was that the mom got off free. No punishment at all while in truth it was mainly her fault. A mom is the one that should protect a child when there is no father or if a dad is abusive. if you cannot count on your mom, who can you trust?
—♥ Marlene♥
It s hard to imagine that the kind of evil described in The Little Prisoner happens, but tragically, it does happen. After reading this book, I thought I should wait a few days to write this review until shock of Jane Elliott s story wore off. Then I realized I am still in shock after reading A Child Called It so many years ago, and believe the shock of this story will never wear off just as the shock from the Pelzer books will never wear off. Anyone working with children should read this book, anyone afraid of reporting a child abuser should read this book, anyone that is interested in a survival story should read this book. This memoir is a horrifying account of some of the worst kinds of betrayals, a betrayal of a mother to her daughter, a brutal betrayal of a step-father, and a betrayal of a community to an innocent and vulnerable child. Once I started reading this story, I could not put it down no matter how much I wanted to in certain parts. I am glad the author wrote this book as it has the potential to help other children in abusive situations, but I am sorry the author had to endure such hell on earth.
—Maria
I'm not entirely sure how to rate this novel. The writing was a little disjointed, which I found a little disconcerting, but I understand this is due to the mixed up nature of the author's memories. I don't want to rate it any higher than 3 stars because I did not enjoy this book. It wasn't anything to do with the writing, but the subject matter; it was hard to read. The author writes in the prologue that she 'suspects that the audiences for books like The Little Prisoner fall into two categories....those who come from stable, happy homes who can't understand how anyone can abuse a child and want to find out about a world they can barely imagine...[or]those who suffered something similar themselves and find some comfort in discovering they are not alone in the world'. I fall into the former category, and for that reason, I find it incredibly difficult to deal with the things detailed in this book, especially how human beings can be quite so inherently evil. However, it serves a lessen to us all, that appearances can be deceptive. I really admire the author for having the courage to break free from her abuser, the strength to go through a court prosecution of him for his crimes, and the tenacity to detail it for the education of some, and to help others.
—Grammar*Kitten
