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I Am Elle: A Psychological Thriller
An abused girl's desperate fight for survival and the silent killer determined to destroy her.
Born on a small farm in Alabama, Elenore Griffin spends her days in a Hell of her father’s making. The system has failed her, leaving her trapped in a world of unimaginable torture and pain. Sold to the highest bidder, Elenore’s nightmares have only just begun, while those responsible for her abuse begin disappearing around her without a trace. And the local authorities seem to be at the center of it all. Step inside the world of a young girl who suffered the most heinous acts imaginable. And survived. This is her life. This is her story...
Born on a small farm in Alabama, Elenore Griffin spends her days in a Hell of her father’s making. The system has failed her, leaving her trapped in a world of unimaginable torture and pain. Sold to the highest bidder, Elenore’s nightmares have only just begun, while those responsible for her abuse begin disappearing around her without a trace. And the local authorities seem to be at the center of it all. Step inside the world of a young girl who suffered the most heinous acts imaginable. And survived. This is her life. This is her story...
410 pages, Hardcover
Published September 16, 2021
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Ditter Kellen
67 books908 followersDitter Kellen is the USA Today Bestselling Author of Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Christian Thriller Novels. She loves spinning edgy, heart-pounding stories that will leave you guessing until the very end.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
July 27, 2024
2✨
This star rating may honestly be a little generous even still. I really don't judge when a book is self-published, like hey, more power to you, good on ya. But what I WILL judge, is when it SO badly needs editorial work. This could have used an editor's eye and help SO badly.
The premise was interesting enough, I guess. I mean, it caused me to add it to my wish list and it was then gifted to me. But I could NOT get behind quite a few things.
Again, the editing. This writing was so stiff and did not help the story line to flow or read easily at all; it was not up to par with other things I read (and I read a wide range, along with having read self-published before), a few portions of the story line were unrealistic for different reasons. Such as: a man who would physically abuse, SA, and sell off his daughter, uses the word "behind" when threatening to beat her? I understand (from the back, I didn't know before the book was purchased) that this is a Christian author; but you cannot have me believing he is that type of man and not have him use any curse words.
*** spoilers ***
Then, for the agent involved in the case to have a weird, automatic sexual attraction to our abused female protagonist? Semi-weird, but ok. But the writing when this aspect was being written about? Made it just flat-out really weird..
The ending "cliff-hanger" was even weirder and didn't make the book more interesting, more than just making it more confusing. The way the author built our female protagonist, didn't lend AT ALL to how the ending went. It didn't "shock and awe" or impress in any way, it just really didn't make sense to the entire rest of the book.
I will not be continuing the series.
This star rating may honestly be a little generous even still. I really don't judge when a book is self-published, like hey, more power to you, good on ya. But what I WILL judge, is when it SO badly needs editorial work. This could have used an editor's eye and help SO badly.
The premise was interesting enough, I guess. I mean, it caused me to add it to my wish list and it was then gifted to me. But I could NOT get behind quite a few things.
Again, the editing. This writing was so stiff and did not help the story line to flow or read easily at all; it was not up to par with other things I read (and I read a wide range, along with having read self-published before), a few portions of the story line were unrealistic for different reasons. Such as: a man who would physically abuse, SA, and sell off his daughter, uses the word "behind" when threatening to beat her? I understand (from the back, I didn't know before the book was purchased) that this is a Christian author; but you cannot have me believing he is that type of man and not have him use any curse words.
*** spoilers ***
Then, for the agent involved in the case to have a weird, automatic sexual attraction to our abused female protagonist? Semi-weird, but ok. But the writing when this aspect was being written about? Made it just flat-out really weird..
The ending "cliff-hanger" was even weirder and didn't make the book more interesting, more than just making it more confusing. The way the author built our female protagonist, didn't lend AT ALL to how the ending went. It didn't "shock and awe" or impress in any way, it just really didn't make sense to the entire rest of the book.
I will not be continuing the series.
May 24, 2025
This book is disturbingly dark, to the point where I feel like I shouldn’t have even read it. I predicted the ending which always bums me out but I was definitely too intrigued to put it down. Solid thriller but would feel uncomfortable ever recommending it😅
March 19, 2024
The book has major SA but the ENDING????? I’m shook
April 4, 2024
A good thriller, although a bit harsh with the detailed abuse.
October 9, 2024
OMG, Ditter! That was an excellent cut at the end. I will definitely read your books in the future and can't wait to dive into Book#2.
November 24, 2022
Major sexual abuse and violence.
March 26, 2023
TRIGGER WARNING: SA, self hxrm etc etc
Read with caution, it can be very heavy.
Read with caution, it can be very heavy.
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