Lucky

The first chapters of Lucky are chilling, yet compelling to the reader. The author gives a first hand account of the night she was raped near the campus where she went to college at the time. Some of the details were hard to read. I would guess that someone who has been through a similar experience would find these description all the more chilling and difficult to read. She describes in detail what the man made her do and what was going through her mind at the time. It was hard to read and I found myself stopping at points because of the sad details of what had happened to this woman. While it was hard to read, it was also very compelling. I felt for her and could not imagine going through what she had gone through. I wonder why she chose to begin with the rape, and then backtrack to her childhood in the third chapter? I think it was effective, but also could have been done differently if she had provided some background about herself before she details being raped. I think that as I read on, this reasoning will be clearer to me.