Slave Girl

This book had me so engaged I couldn't stop reading it! Such a raw and real story of true suffering and what it takes to survive. I could almost feel myself going with her through her ups and downs. Absolutely amazing read, would highly recommend

Dieses Buch hat mich persönlich sehr interessiert. Habe es somit in wenigen Tagen gelesen. Interessant und einfach geschrieben. Werde es sicher irgendwann noch einmal lesen.

What a horrendous life that this lady has had to endure.To retell in such detail, reliving every single bit to retell her story just shows how resilient Sarah is. I was gobsmacked hearing the heinous crimes that no 3 year old should have to live with. But, then no human being should ever have to bear witness let alone be involved in the rest of her life story.I sit here writing this looking at my own children 1 who is 3 the other 6. Thinking I hope like hell that they don't get tricked into any such environment. As a mother to think of your child ever having to endure anything like that is gut retching. I have no trouble believing Sarah's story. I always think that when movies come out with horrific story lines involving human butchering etc that they must get their imaginative thinking from somewhere. Our world is one mysterious, scary place that can be great but also can be a living nightmare for some.I'm so glad that Sarah decided to write this book. I will be telling everyone I know how great this story is. I'm so hoping the proceeds from the sale of this book goes to Sarah and no further betrayal happens to her. I also hope the best for the rest of Sarah's life. She so deserves it. Deserves only the best from now on.There has been evidence online that says this book is 80% lie. If so than it is a shame that that has happened. I don't doubt for a minute the evilness Sarah endured as a child in her home by her father and then by the care homes. There is evidence of that everywhere. Sickening to hear and the legal system is a joke. However, if I was to have a shadow of doubt, yes, I have wondered why in the early days if Sarah was able to open the door to let clients in and out than why did she not run away. But, if I was stuck in that situation I'm not sure how I would deal with it either. Also, I'm not sure how Sarah could start a relationship with Sally after all was said and done. But, once again I'm not sure how one would cope in the years following either. I don't think that Sally was evil. I think she was a porn in it all too. (pun unintended) The human mind works in mysterious ways to deal with things.I've decided not to continue on with the next book. I've enjoyed this book but I've read a review saying it was a lot of statistics. I'm looking for a book with a story to read not a documentary on statistics.

With trash like "50 Shades of Grey" currently charting it was truly a pleasure to read "Slave Girl". As far as erotic fiction goes, this book has it all: domination, submission, pedophilia, necrophilia, rape and much more are mixed into a story of drugs, travel and sexual experimentation. The main character's time in the exotic and salubrious locations of Gateshead and Amsterdam is well covered with a narrative that tempts one to keep turning to page for the next sexually charged scene.OK ... joking aside this book is stunningly well written and, often times, very hard to read. There were points where I felt physically sick reading what I was and times where it is hard to feel anything but a depressing and moving empathy for the subject of the book - and those she ends up having to live with. It does has a strong feel of being ghost-written by someone else - if this is the case, they have done an exemplary job with the material. The happy ending (and when I say no pun intended here, I seriously mean it) is tempered with a harsh slap of reality and reminds readers of how things are not always perfect for those rescued from lives which have been decimated the the work of vile people.This is certainly not a book to read when you are feeling depressed. At some points I found myself questioning if "artistic license" may have been used to take scenes beyond reality, but the book pulls no punches in disabusing readers from this. For those familiar with the films (feel free to read the 'parents guides' of them on IMDB), this book reads like Requiem for a Dream and Lilja-4-Ever mixed with scenes from A Serbian Film and The Human Centipede II thrown in. Prepare your mind accordingly.

But I hardly want to think about the book and after I finished I started to read something else to get it out of my head.This could happen to any female in your family. She was tricked by a false job advert. And it was her own countryman and countrywoman who did it. She didn't go to a third-world county or even end up on the streets in the States. This is Western Europe! It's hard to believe what some women will do for love-as Sally the prostitute/pimp did when she helped lure Sarah to her degradation. And of course misery loves company.And I did wonder about Sarah's mom. Maybe she was so into her own misery so that she really had not time or energy to notice her husband's abuse of their daughter. Maybe. But you wonder. No womanly, feminine intuition? No canny thoughts or even dreams of warning? No little nagging thoughts or observations? Or does a battered woman lose those things or not even have them to begin with. She ignored her mother's advice (Sarah's grandmother) and warnings about her husband. Did she hang on to try and prove her mother wrong?At first I was reading about the Eastern Europeans and Africans (north and South) with disgust and these pimps are. But then I noticed the two who tricked her were fellow Brits and the Dutch don't come out looking good either.The good that I saw in this account was she survived and escaped, plus, we are not alone. She was advised and warned by her mom and siblings, but chose to ignore the advice. And she got a very strong reaction on reaching the Dutch airport. She also got a strong negative impression of the prostitute/pimp on meeting her. She knew something was very wrong and very strongly felt she should turn back. She chose not to. And that's not her fault. It can take time to trust one's instincts. But good to know that we all get warnings and feelings and it's our choice to go with it or not.Never had any interest in going to Amsterdam's red-light district and thought it weird when people-especially women- told me they went to look. Why? And I can just go out of my door and see them here in the States just a couple of blocks away, but why?This book helps me to more understand why I wouldn't want to.One reviewer decries the book. And yes, the book is extremely well-written and I wondered how she could have written it so well, but it does say she was aided by someone else. Doesn't make it all a pack of lies. And the women are being exploited and abused by mostly men (there are women who abuse and exploit women too). And others are making a lot of money off them. I don't like prostitutes or want them next door, but I really dislike the pimps and pornographers more. They truly live off the backs of women. They don't build up a society. They don't create industries or advancements we all enjoy. Enough of my soapbox.I wish Sarah the best and thank her for her honesty and warnings..