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No you are not the only one. I had total Stockholm syndrome by the end of this. I felt really bad for Ty as he told the story of his awful life. I wish he had just asked Gemma out like a normal person because it seemed like she liked him at the airport then later on as she got to know him she liked him. I think he has some serious traumatic issues from his childhood and if he had had the proper counseling could have been a decent guy.

It's strange. Sometimes, I feel like I empathise with him. Sometimes, I feel sorry for him. Other times, I'm just plain freaked out by him. I could never understand what it was about Gemma that made him so obsessed with her, to plan a kidnapping so elaborate. While the effort he went to save her in the end was hugely moving, it was also his fault that she got bitten, really. So I didn't know whether to love him or hate him. I guess in this aspect, Christopher's character is pretty life-like, because no-one can really be defined in absolute terms.

ty ....i loved, gemma seemed a bit spolied to me at first. but near the end no matter how hard she tryed she knew she was falling for him as i was! ^ w ^ compreing childhood and how they metan not to forget how long he was waiting also hard it was for him to express himself in all loved it an all ways will!!!

By the end of the book i found myself liking Ty. I just didn't think it was okay for him to take her like that. And like he was super caring and sweet, he just shouldn't have done what he did.

I didn't like Ty in the beginning
But at the end I started liking him but then again what he did in the earlier part of the book made me not like him so much
So I am confused about what I feel about Ty

I thought that a happy ending would be: ty only gets sentwned to two years or so at the court trial and then afterward gemma and ty go to austrailia together. gemma could relize that what he did was wrong but forgive him and Love him

Everyone loves Ty. I love Ty. I seriously am so confused I dont blame Gemma one bit. He was good to her. Stockholm syndrome can really mess with your mind. Honestly i forget that he kidnapped and drugged her yano? other than that he wasnt so bad at all

I felt very empty reading this book. I didn't really like it much but I finished reading it because a friend said it was one of the best books she's read in a long time. As far as the characters go, I liked Ty as a person. He was someone who was so self-sufficient, independent, and dare I say it, caring. I truly believe he gave Gemma the kind of love any girl wants, it just started in a pretty sketchy way. No matter how horrible she was to him, no matter how many times she tried to run away, he still loved her unconditionally. I think that speaks volumes about his character. Though Ty was a good person at heart and meant well, he was a seriously messed up guy. Maybe if he was normal and just asked Gemma on a date all those years he was stalking her, maybe just maybe, things could have been different.

i guess he is ok he just wanted the best for Gemma

Yep definately agree absolutely fell in love with ty, and not just cause of his hot body, the way he is described it makes me want to look after him and tell him i want him even if he feels no one else does :(

In some point of the book i really tought i had Stockholm Syndrome, and ty was so nice, i really wanted them to be together...

I liked him too lol.

I actually wanted them to fall in love.
Guilty

Ty even though he never meant to hurt Gemma, it was still crazy what he did. I would have never loved anyone who takes me away from everyone and says he just wants company. Yes, he never hurt her, but she then realized how important her family and how her life was good enough. I can say that Ty was crazy and if he really loved her and cared about her there are many other ways to get her attention.

I know he kidnapped Gemma, but he had reasons for doing so. He just wanted to be loved, he just wanted company. I think Gemma should've loved him back, no one else would love her as unconditionally as he did. And besides, all he did was kidnap her, he never forced her to do anything she didn't want except to stay with him. And he turned himself in on top of everything, that just shows how much he cares.

If these two met under normal circumstances, I would have happily shipped them to the ends of the earth. Their chemistry was amazing. But given the fact that he stalked and kidnapped and LIED to her, there's no sympathy for me to give him. I don't care if he didn't rape her. He got everything he deserved.

i was very disappointed that gemma decided to turn in ty when he actually wanted something with her.

i loved this book
and the magic of this book was the author's incredible writing.
she actually made you feel and fall for Ty.
he wasn't a bad man just very confused and disturbed, but he truly loved Gemma and this was his version of love and protection

I think Ty is a creepy predator who is capable of a lot of manipulation, lying and preying on helpless victims, his actions show me as much, really. I feel no pity for such a bad guy (good guy just wouldn't go out of his way to kidnap and stalk a teenage girl, right?).

And I do think people said they feel sorry for him and/or understand why he had done this to Gemma mostly because the author described him as a handsome young man, instead of an overweight, bad looking fellow.

It was so confusing, I mean, he kidnapped Gemma, Gemma is very upset, but he didn't mean to hurt her.
He is actually very cute, and he loved her so much. But he got a little bit too obsessed.

Most of the time I really think Ty's crazy but sometimes I really feel sorry for him. I saw he really love Gemma(almost obsessed) but Its kinda freaked me out that he planned all the kidnapping thing for years! And he'd been watching her for 6 years! Its really creepy. I just really wish there's second book. Maybe second chance for both of them.

I loved Ty...I think Lucy C wanted us to like him. I keep asking her to write a sequel. I email her occasionally and ask How's Ty? I wish she would extend their story.

Such a well written book.

I think everyone feels this way. Lucy Christopher should make a sequel to where against all 0dds they do finally get to be together. In the meantime if you wasn't satisfied with the ending to this book, google Stolen by lucy christopher alternate endings. Find Letter to My Rescuer. it is what would happen if the snake never bit gemma. the story is very interesting and they do end up together. everynow and then there may be a new chapter. i'm waiting for the next one myself. try my advise. YOU WILL LIKE IT! :) (i didn't create it though)

creepy ass f@&k

that is very inappropriate...

At the beginning. I hated him ,I thought he was creepy,delusional and crazy but as the book went on I saw how lonely,damaged and broken he really was .I wish they could have been together but what he did was wrong.Im so conflicted and confused !!! >.<

I thought Ty was a creeper, and at the same time sweet. But he still was messed up in the head.

I totally agree with both of you. He was damaged, but a nice person with a hot body. XD

I liked how she wrote his character it was really good and really makes you think

My thoughts on Ty. (Wah...I don't want to love him but I dooooo......) http://colleenclayton.wordpress.com/2...

i think ty was just trying 2 save her i think he wasnt bad at all

SPOILER ALERT
This book is splendidly written and the author does an excellent job of truly demonstrating to the reader how it feels to have Stockholm Syndrome. I really think that was part of the aim of the novel. By the end, nearly everyone is fooled into loving Ty. At the conclusion, I was truly expecting Gemma to defend his actions, and I wanted her to! However, when I turned the last page, filled with shock and dismay at her betrayal of Ty, I began to think about the things her counselor had told her. I realized that I was suffering from Stockholm Syndrome as much as if he had kidnapped me himself! And I think that's the point. The way this book is written, you can really feel it.

I agree--by the end, I loved Ty. I also felt I understood a lot of what he did, and I believe he truly cared about Gemma. However, he kidnapped her and held her against her will. He deserved to be caught and punished, even though, by the end, none of us felt that way.

Naomi wrote: "idk how i feel about him lucy christopher somehow made me kind of want gemma and ty to be together as messed up as that is....idk am i the only one who is thinking this. or like the only one who ha..."

You aren't the only one. I wanted them to be together, too. I mean...for a kidnapper he was really nice.. He never really hurt her or anything.. if anything he was trying to save her,,help her. I was so mad at the end when he went to jail...and that is horrible to think because he did kidnap her.

I liked Ty, but then at the same time I didn't like how he kidnapped her...
But he was sweet...
I'm torn :(

LOL., if Ty acts like a normal guy to ask Gemma out..then the book will lost its purpose or whatever.. I think. The author was trying to say that when law is broken, justice will take place no matter what. And Gemma knows it well, she like Ky but actions are wrong in the first place. I think Ky will face not a very haevy sentence. I like how the author give us the space and an "unfinished" ending, if you call it that way.

I loved Ty even if he did something bad...but he was perfect
Making paintings, and creating his own life literally, he was absolutely amazing :)He broke my heart at the end...i felt so bad for her. I think Gemma should have lied but I also understand her point of view. But honestly she lived the best time of her life with him.

Yeah, something about the way the book was written... almost right from the start i didn't really care much about whether Gemma was happy. I wanted Ty to be happy and when he didn't get that happy ending... i don't know, i was just depressed. Is that just me?

I think the author planned the book so that by the end of the book, the reader as well as the main character has confused feelings about Ty...and we're not sure if we like Ty or if we hate him...so basically the author leaves the interpretation of whether or not the reader and Gemma are suffering from Stockholm syndrome open...guess there's no right answer...

I loved Ty since the beginning-middle of this book, lol.(:
He only seemed kinda creep and stalker-like when he drugged her, kidnapped her, and told her about the whole watching her since she was 10.

Ty was sweet, except for the part when he drugged her and stuff, but Gemma, even though she was kidnapped she could of been a little more nicer to someone who had made a painting which took him 3years or something and saved her life 4 times!

I kept telling myself that Ty was a psychopath no matter what. and he is, i mean who watches someone from the age of ten? But the ending totally broke my heart into pieces. i am not talking about the sentence, i am talking about the part went he brings her back. i cried so hard.

I don't know exactly how I feel about Ty. I mean I think that's the whole point of the book so it can just confuse you, I feel like they shouldn't have been seperated at the end but she has to move on I understand and the whole book I was completely confused I Loved him but Hated him haha I guess you just really can't exactly decide, I actually kind of feel bad for him, he thought he was doing the right thing by taking her away from her parents. I just can't decide and I never will!!

I Suppose I Shouldn't Like Him Because He stolen Gemma But... I Still Did Like Him

Naomi wrote: "idk how i feel about him lucy christopher somehow made me kind of want gemma and ty to be together as messed up as that is....idk am i the only one who is thinking this. or like the only one who ha..."

no im with you because he was being really nice to her and made her feel safe with him. it seemed like she wanteed to live with him forever,though he did have to pay the conseguences

I really liked Ty by the end of the book, but Gemma and Ty would of never worked out. If someone had torn me away from my family and my life at the age of only 16 and just expected me to love them (No matter how attractive he was, or what he saved me from before) I would want to get away from that person. In the end, it didn't matter what Ty and Gemma had between them. In the end, Gemma had to go back to her life which Ty had basically stolen from her, hence the name. The author did a wonderful job of making the readers feel sympathy towards Ty and his troubled past, but that never gave him the right to steal Gemma's future from her.

It's like this: on the one hand, he has his violent outbursts and his obvious slight mental trauma. This causes him to seem secretive and terrorfying and I had times where I utterly hated him. Them there were his kind moments, artistic moments, and that night under the stars (loved that part). he just seemed depressed and lonely and I really felt for him and wanted for him and Gemma to be together, then I would remember all the stuff her did and I would get majorly confused. I can totally understand Gemmas frustration throughout the book. In the end, I couldn't help but feel for Ty because it was impossible now to hate him. It was perfectly done and I think anyone could find the story likable, but also sad.

I really wanted her to be nicer to him. I wanted them to hook up. I am definitely deranged. But at the same time it's not like he was torturing her or anything.

I feel exactly the same way as most of you. I just couldn't hate Ty despite him kidnapping Gemma. He was definitely emotionally disturbed and misunderstood but he really touched my heart, he was so earnest and genuine for his love for Gemma. His heart was in the right place and he was quite harmless really. There was something definitely charming and vulnerable about him but also he dis have some sort of macho-esque persona which made him quite sexy but in the unconventional way (not your typical alpha male). Hope you get my drift here.

I was totally torn by the end of this book! Usually I can finish a book with a fair idea of how I feel about the character, I love them or hate them. But with this book I was seriously wanting Ty and Gemma to be together but I knew they shouldn't be. And the thing was that Ty was a nice guy, damaged, yes, went around thing the wrong way, yes, but his intentions were in the right place but I think because if his childhood he just didn't know how to go expressing himself in the right way.

Ok, I am talking myself in circles now. Just thought I'd put in my pennies worth :)