3,096 Days In Captivity: The True Story Of My Abduction, Eight Years Of Enslavement,and Escape (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
I REALLY liked this book.Her words about that horrible life touched me so deeply. I was able to see everything she describes as if happening in front of me. I'm really amazed how could she manage to escape intact despite of all those horrible psychological and physical torments!I felt sorry for Wolfgang, I wished he didn't kill himself -I'm sure Natascha feels the same. At least he might would have the chance to achieve his dreams of "normal life" one day.It will always be one of the unforgettable real humanely stories I've ever read. This is the story of Natascha Kampusch, abducted when she was ten years old and kept captive for more than 8 years. The book is very short and structured but it is sufficient to tell the story. Any longer and it would have been an exercise in voyeurism, any less would have been useless for telling the story. She writes well enough to make you connect with her story, and unfortunately, also with that of her kidnapper.She tries to fill in the blanks about the psychological makeup of the man who kidnapped her, and I think that is a very important aspect of the crime. In the process, she also tries to undemonise him, which is understandable since he was the only person she was in contact with for so many years. It is not possible that she would not have developed some kind of attachment to him. But this is precisely what is called the Stockholm Syndrome. Kampusch repeats again and again that she does not have Stockholm Syndrome, and then goes on to repeat that she has feelings for her kidnapper because he took care of her and that no one is always evil. It was at times irritating to read - the feeling one gets when one listens to an abused wife that her husband is kind most of the time. Natascha also seems to have unending anger against people who are trying to help her live her life. These are issues she needs to deal with at some point if she wants to be really free.The biography seems honest enough, though she seems to have left out plenty of details. There has been accusations against her mother, which have not been explored. It is pretty clear the mother was abusive, just not clear that she was sexually abusive. It is incredible how people cope with extreme horror and this is a story of survival. Finally, it has to be appreciated that she even wrote this biography and she does not owe any of us any further details of the horrors she faced. I am only sad that the man escaped punishment by committing suicide.
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