4.5 stars.

This book was really intense. I could barely put it down. We got what happened through Jane's eyes, but in flashbacks mixed with "Now" entries into her diary or journal that she felt would help her with the therapy everyone said she needed. I wondered if she had a bit of Stockholm Syndrome, if that was what the story was going to be about. But instead it seems that she falls in love or finds a connection with a fellow prisoner named Mason. Honestly, I had a feeling about the whole situation from really early on, and my hunch was correct. However the way the story went kept me guessing and thinking I must be wrong. Seeing how it all went for Jane after she got home and how hard it was just to even get back to normal in any little way was very interesting. How her friends and those around her dealt with it was also intriguing and made me wonder how it would be in real life. I did get that she had trouble working with different psychologists and therapists, until she finally found one that she was able to connect with. I know that for my own depression and anxiety I didn't click with the first person I was sent to, so I think it is a very important bit for people to realize that getting help isn't as simple as just talking to any person.

I only docked a half a star because some things were left unexplained or unanswered for me that I wanted to know. But it makes me feel like one of the people that Jane hated talking to if I ask those questions.

Review first appeared on Lisa Loves Literature.