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I Survived Ted Bundy: The Attack, Escape & PTSD That Changed My Life by Ann Rule, Rhonda Stapley
margaret_the_reader's review
2.0
I had really high hopes for this book but sadly they didn’t meet them, I also feel like this is just actual survivors story’s put together and used for profit because the book didn’t really make any sense and a real survivors story would be longer then 3 pages.
titanic's review
3.0
"She was an innocent Mormon girl. He was America's most notorious serial killer. When their paths crossed on a quiet autumn afternoon, he planned to kill her. But this victim had an incredible will to survive and would live to tell her story nearly three decades after he met death in a Florida electric chair."
Reading this book interested me as I often read about the killers and not how the victims are affected. I do hope Rhonda is telling the truth and is not trying to make money of Bundy's name, however, I can't quite shake the feeling that she may be lying. Whoops. Like many books, I did find parts of this book boring and truly felt like she could have toned down on the description. Like when she mentioned that guy, "Adam" I believe he was called, she went into what felt like an awful lot of detail just to say that her roommate flirted with him and he called me ice cold and she never saw him again.
I also feel like she was trying to build up tension around the whole Bundy assault topic, as when talking with David she would mention it and it would finally seem like she was about to go into detail about what Bundy did and then back out at the last minute. I understand that was her PTSD, and anxiety and she felt like she couldn't deal with it at that time, but it also left me a little annoyed that she was dragging it out. The book was twenty-nine chapters long with a before and after bit, but I honestly felt with the amount of detail she went into, she shouldn't have ended it where she did. I feel like it kind of cut off. She just visited where the attack had happened and she spent three chapters saying she didn't want to go there and then she was describing her visit in what, two pages, and then it was going home, have dinner and end the book.
Reading this book interested me as I often read about the killers and not how the victims are affected. I do hope Rhonda is telling the truth and is not trying to make money of Bundy's name, however, I can't quite shake the feeling that she may be lying. Whoops. Like many books, I did find parts of this book boring and truly felt like she could have toned down on the description. Like when she mentioned that guy, "Adam" I believe he was called, she went into what felt like an awful lot of detail just to say that her roommate flirted with him and he called me ice cold and she never saw him again.
I also feel like she was trying to build up tension around the whole Bundy assault topic, as when talking with David she would mention it and it would finally seem like she was about to go into detail about what Bundy did and then back out at the last minute. I understand that was her PTSD, and anxiety and she felt like she couldn't deal with it at that time, but it also left me a little annoyed that she was dragging it out. The book was twenty-nine chapters long with a before and after bit, but I honestly felt with the amount of detail she went into, she shouldn't have ended it where she did. I feel like it kind of cut off. She just visited where the attack had happened and she spent three chapters saying she didn't want to go there and then she was describing her visit in what, two pages, and then it was going home, have dinner and end the book.
lindseybarnett's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness
mariareviews's review
dark
informative
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Same as all the other non-fictions related to trauma, Im not rating this book. I think the only thing there’s to say is that I’m glad she’s doing good and managed to teach others about the effect PTSD has on regular life. May all the families and survivors be at peace.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Violence
hannasnowmueller's review
5.0
This book touched me so deeply. And the author even responded to the emails I sent her which meant the world to me!
nickikendall's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ a must read for true crime readers. I couldn't put this book down. To hear Rhonda's experience with Ted Bundy and how she survived was so interesting. It gave more perspective to what his other victims must have felt during their ordeals. Rhonda also details her struggles with survivors guilt and PTSD and all the other ramifications and impacts his attack on her and ongoing murders had on her. An amazing, heartwrenching and inspiring read. #rhondastapley #isurvivedtedbundy #tea_sipping_bookworm #goodreads #litsy #thestorygraph #truecrime #bookqueen #bookstagram
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