If you are a sensitive reader, I am putting some trigger warnings on this one. I normally don’t, but what “Jane Doe” went through as a child (though not explained in great detail) may upset some readers.
Essentially, a 12-year-old went missing and was found two
years later. Obviously, after everything she saw and was forced to do, she was
a traumatized little girl who didn’t know how to trust, nor did she know whom
she could trust. Even the Warrens couldn’t reach her, unfortunately.
I can only imagine what children in Jane Doe’s situation go
through, the trauma they experience. I think this is a good book to bring light
to this extreme tragedy, told in such a nonjudgmental, straightforward way
(something I appreciated), with caring people who wanted to help.
Unfortunately, these children don’t know who to trust or where to turn. In the
end, Jane Doe made the only decision she knew how to make, based on what she
had been through.
The thing about these kinds of stories is sometimes they get
bogged down in facts and statistics. For me, those sorts of things are a bit
over the top and make some stories rather dull in places. This one was not like
that. It was told in a straightforward way to bring light to this terrifying subject.
