I've been watching the Wheel of Time on Prime, and wow, the last episode is just gut-wrenching, even knowing what happens. I read most of the whole series of 14 books from 1990-2013, excepting some in the middle where it was all braid-tugging and not much else, but the first 3 books were well written and decently paced. The Great Hunt was one of my favorites, but it does depict a main character basically being enslaved in a very brutal way.

And the series on Prime shows it. In detail. And it's painful to watch while knowing that they are serving the source material well. It doesn't cover everything, but there was a quote in the book that always stuck with me: "I don't think there's any going back for me ever." It's been the sentiment for so many things in my life. I was in middle school when I first read it and was so sad to realize that is life. High school only cemented that sentiment, and I always find myself coming back to that quote. 

That particular character manages to get free and becomes a hero in the story, but is forever changed by her experiences as a captive. There wasn't any going back to who she was but she forged a new identity and overcame it. Others in the series who remained captive in the same way never did - the punishment and pain broke them and they had no one to rescue them. Sometimes it comes down to those you have around you, whatever support system you can come up with, whether you stay broken or can get up again. And every time you just hope you're the former character rather than the latter.