Kidnapped - The Untold Story of My Abduction

by Chloe Ayling

In July 2017, Chloe Ayling, a 20-year-old model from South London, was drugged and kidnapped in Milan, Italy. She was there for a photo shoot, but ended up abducted, bundled into the boot of a car and driven to a remote farmhouse where she was held captive for six days. She was told she was being auctioned on the Dark Web as a sex slave, and that if she tried to escape, she'd be killed instantly by agents of the Black Death gang. Chloe was eventually set free by twisted fantasist Lukasz Herba, and her story became a tabloid obsession and a national conversation. On being freed, Chloe's version of events - along with some of the stranger circumstances of her kidnapping - drove the press into a frenzy. What Chloe has gone through is not trial by jury, but trial by media. One year on, her kidnapper, Lukasz Herba, has been found guilty and sentenced to sixteen years and nine months in jail, and Chloe is finally vindicated and able to tell the full story of her terrifying ordeal.

226 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 12, 2018

Reviews

[Sherron Wahrheit · Rating 1 out of 5]

The “untold story” is that her male friend made some unbearable, inexcusable mistake. So she took revenge on him and his brother by created a kidnapping story.

How do I shelve this book? It’s definitely not autobiographical, but it is a true crime.

[Nicola Robson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting book about model who was kidnapped in Italy.

[Taylor Newton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not a clue why people don’t believe her. Glad she’s safe and he’s away.

[Emelia · Rating 1 out of 5]

I believe Chloe and feel sorry for her because of what she went through and the backlash from the media. However, the low rating was due to certain aspects like the casual tone used to describe certain events. This may have been a coping mechanism for the author, but I found it distracting. The structure of the book was confusing with frequent shifts between different events, making it hard to keep track of all the people involved. Additionally, the photograph pages at the end of Chapter 9, revealing important plot points, felt out of place to me. Some of the images, particularly the provocative ones of Chloe, seemed unnecessary in my opinion.

[Cass Glaves · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have given it 5 * not for the spectacular writing but because of what this young girl went through and survived!!! Well done her!

[Praveen Raina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Prose is authentic and believable.