Divine, Part II

This author didn't bother doing any research AT ALL. Mary is rescued from her basement prison and, b/c she can't remember her last name, is placed into foster care. She has absolutely no counselling. She is placed in a temporary home for a few months, where she does actually do some healing, and then she is placed in her "permanent" home, where the father tries to have sex with her. She runs away, steals a car, ends up in juvenile prison. So what happened? Did she not tell anyone about the dude trying to have sex with her? Did they just not believe her? Did they not think that maybe they should have made some plans to make sure she was healing mentally as well as physically? I know the American foster system isn't perfect, and I'm not an expert, but I'm fairly sure they just don't get a chick out of a basement and then put her in society like, "Ok. Go be normal and shit."

And what happened to Jimbo and Lou???? Was there no fucking trial? They pimped an underage girl, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A DAMNED TRIAL. Also, there are no reporters badgering her for interviews. That's also weird. They say many times that her story was broadcast across the nation, and EVERYONE seems to recognize her--but would they really if the only footage they have of her is the rescue itself? No interviews or followups? There's a real-life version of this story--the woman who was abducted at 10 and found recently? She was kept in a series of sheds in her captor's backyard. See, I can't even remember her name, let alone her face, and news outlets talked about that girl for MONTHS. She could knock on my door today, and I wouldn't know her. But Mary Madison from Divine is still recognized ON THE STREET 3 years after her rescue.

OOOHH, that reminds me of another thing that's pissing me off: we are reminded many times how beautiful Mary is. It's annoying, is screams of "Mary Sue". (For explanation of that term, please go here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySue) Further evidence of Mary Sue: both Karen Kingsbury and Mary Madison are blondes with blue eyes. Just sayin'.