
She took on a lot of behaviors that she learned while in captivity.Įven though the story was slowly revealed, I still had a lot of questions at the end. It was creepy the way that she became brainwashed in a short amount of time. I figured out the mystery behind what was happening in the “warehouse” where Jane was being kept pretty quickly. There were a lot of missing pieces that were revealed slowly throughout the book to keep up the mystery.

Even though we know that she gets out, because she tells part of the story from her present perspective, it was still suspenseful. The narrative alternated between “then,” when Jane was kidnapped and “now,” 10 months after she was kidnapped. But, what if everything you thought you knew―everything you thought you experienced―turned out to be a lie? Review: Three months of being that girl who was kidnapped, the girl who was held by a “monster.” Three months of writing down everything she remembered from those seven months locked up in that stark white room. Now, it’s been three months since “Jane” escaped captivity and returned home. She never would’ve imagined that in her town where nothing ever happens, a series of small coincidences would lead to a devastating turn of events that would forever change her life. She had a part-time job she enjoyed, an awesome best friend, overbearing but loving parents, and a crush on a boy who was taking her to see her favorite band. Then, “Jane” was just your typical 17-year-old in a typical New England suburb getting ready to start her senior year. Three months of being that girl who was kidnapped, the girl who was held by a “monster.Bestselling author Laurie Faria Stolarz returns with Jane Anonymous, a gripping tale of a seventeen-year-old girl’s kidnapping and her struggle to fit back into her life after she escapes.


“Jane” was just your typical 17-year-old getting ready to start her senior year.
