Review: Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Fifteen year old Alice has belonged to Ray since she was ten years old- since he took her from her family, her friends, and her life. Now that she is fifteen and getting too old, Ray enlists her help in finding a new little girl to be Alice. She must choose the next little girl to live the nightmare she's been living the last five years, all the while anticipating her fate- the same fate that fell upon the previous Alice.
Living Dead Girl
by Elizabeth Scott is one of the hardest books I've read all year- but I absolutely think everyone needs to read it. It is horrifying, and unlike most young adult novels, there is no relief from the horror. But it's not really a blood-and-guts kind of horror. It's mostly psychological. I know other readers have had this experience: at more than one point, I literally had to put the book down because I couldn't process any more, but I picked it up again within minutes because I needed to know what was going to happen to Alice. I read it in just a few hours, but it's a book I won't be forgetting or letting go of anytime soon.
Highly recommended to all. I gave this book a five-star rating, but I don't know that anyone could say they enjoyed it. It's gritty, and it's harsh, but Ms. Scott should be very, very proud of the work she has accomplished with this book.
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Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 170
Publisher, ISBN: Simon Pulse, 9781416960591