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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
This was the CBC 'Canada Reads' winner this year which is what prompted me to pick it up. I liked the story - a window into a world I know nothing about. It jumps around a lot though. I found it hard to follow at times.
Not one of my all times favs, but alright.
Not one of my all times favs, but alright.
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
It was very interesting hearing someone's first-hand account of what i only watched from afar via news accounts. The book is a weird mix of a kid growing up while, at the same time, caught up in an ideological struggle. I don't understand how someone, having to lie about her life throughout her growing up years, can not be totally screwed up as an adult. There were interesting insights into the life of a revolutionary but i found the ending to be abrupt and anti-climactic.
adventurous
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
A gripping true story that tactfully weaves in the history of Latin America in the 1970s and 80s.
This is a fantastic book that I can't recommend enough to those both interested in, and seeking to learn about, this period in our recent history.
This is a fantastic book that I can't recommend enough to those both interested in, and seeking to learn about, this period in our recent history.
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
informative
challenging
dark
informative
tense
slow-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Oh, what I don't know about history. I love learning this way!
Just re-read this book and still lived it...& looking forward to visiting Chile, Uruguay & Argentina!!
Just re-read this book and still lived it...& looking forward to visiting Chile, Uruguay & Argentina!!