Perfect Victim
The True Story of the Girl in the Box

I know the Victim (Colleen) personally. one of my sons and her daughter were best friends in 8th grade. I haven't seen her in the past couple years. Colleen gave me this book to read when we first became friends. It is written by her attorney and Colleen makes nothing from the book. She always felt the a......more

Q: Standing in the small, cool room, she had a strange feeling that she should escape, as if a voice were warning her: Run! Get away! She noticed the restroom’s little window, and the voice insisted: Crawl out the window! Run! You can get away! But Colleen couldn’t understand why she was having such......more

This is not "The True Story of The Girl in the Box by the DA who prosecuted her captor" as it purports to be. Rather, it is more accurately "The True Story of the DA who prosecuted the captor of "the Girl in the Box." Colleen's story at times feels more like a sideline to Christine McGuire's story. T......more

A book I read over 15 years ago and remember in such detail. Probably why even the idea of reading ’50 Shades Of Grey’ makes me queasy, this story definitely de-romanticizes the S&M scene. What amazed me more than the victim’s attachment to her kidnapper was his wife’s collaboration in keeping her c......more

Content warnings: Rape, abuse, torture, manipulation, coercion, kidnapping, and imprisonment This was an alright book. I mostly read this because I wanted to know more about the trial because I already know a bit about the case itself. I didn't like McGuire putting in her personal shit into this. Espe......more