He fell in love with the girls he kidnapped, named them after flowers, and then abused them when he had lost his control. After finishing The Cellar I still don’t know as to why Colin had been the way he had been. Although this novel is so surreal it is one that makes you wonder a lot especially towards Colin, one of the main characters. As each character slowly progressed, some kept alive and some killed, I got to know each and every character and feel their emotions as if they were right in front of me, with me even. If it ever comes down to her being faced with something challenging and her needing help I will be there for her every step of the way, just like Lewis had been there for Summer.īesides the character connections, this novel this tugged on my emotions like a Tug O’ War game, moving one way and another way, causing me to feel different types of feelings. She has always been there for me when I was sick or when I have had a bad day and she talks things through with me like she is my older sister, although she is six years younger than me. If something had happened to my little sister whether she was in the same situation as Summer or was being bullied in middle school (when the time comes) I would be there for her for every one of her problems and every one of her situations. Like Lewis, everyone has someone that they feel strongly about and cares about with all their hearts.
He loved her with all his heart and would do anything to get her back. As Lewis had heard that Summer was missing he did nothing but try to find her and prayed that he would find her. So as Summer went through her days, she began thinking more and more about having hope and waiting for the day where Lewis comes to save her.Īnother character that I strongly connected to was Lewis. Sometimes the more you begin to think about something to more you begin to believe it. Like Summer, in sticky situations, I think about the positive rather than the negative. She thought about how strong she was and how she was going to get through it because she knew she would. As she was trapped she told herself over and over again she wasn’t going to become ‘Lily’ and she wasn’t going to become brainwashed like Rose. I felt as if I had a strong connection to Summer as she was struggling to survive, trapped in the cellar. Psychologically, I’m sure that Colin had been brainwashed into thinking that what he was doing was okay because it really wasn’t.īesides the three POV’s, this novel spoke to me on a spiritual level. In his POV he mentions a lot how he is ‘in control’ and won’t disappoint his mother. In Clover’s POV’s he explains how much he loves his ‘little flowers’ and believes that his family is much better than any other family out there, especially Summer’s that was currently looking for her. He spends most of his days getting no sleep and having search groups for Summer. In Lewis’s POV’s he explains how much he severely wants to see Summer and hopes that she is still alive rather than dead.
That is how desperate Summer had been trapped, 7 months, in the cellar. She repeatedly mentions that if she didn’t have the hope of getting out, and or Lewis coming to save her, she wouldn’t have minded if Colin had killed her or not. In Summer’s POV’s she explains her heart-throbbing want to escape and or get out of the man’s house. Although, the power of the three point of views Summer’s, Lewis’s, and Clover’s reveals different tones of voices and emotions that are laid out in vivid imagery. The Cellar by Natasha Preston is about a girl named Summer Robinson who is kidnapped by a man that keeps her and three other women trapped in a cellar. I had known who the author Natasha Preston was and actually read another one of her books, ‘ Silence ’, on Wattpad and I didn’t think I’d find myself reading another one of her novels. When I picked up this book at the library I didn’t know what to expect.
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