iza20's review against another edition

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dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

shannonw19's review against another edition

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4.0

I won a copy of this book from Goodreads and I really enjoyed it. It's a short, but terrifying look at the easy with which ISIS can recruit people into their world. The author, a reporter, went undercover and shows how easy it is to find ISIS and to be brought into their fight. It also shows how naive people are that want to join ISIS. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning about the recruitment skills of this horrible terrorist organization.

kdavies5730's review

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dark informative tense fast-paced

2.5

alaraor's review against another edition

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4.0

One of the choices that didn't get picked by my bookclub but an interesting read nontheless. I perhaps missed the author exploring a bit deeper how the ISIS recruitment networks operates and gets youngsters to join instead of focusing so much on the relationship side of her story with Bilal. Still still interesting and terrifying.

kruppam's review against another edition

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4.0

Tulburătoare! Recenzia pe blog :)

spookysoto's review against another edition

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3.0

Este es un libro que trata sobre un tema real del que no estoy muy familiarizada, el reclutamiento de jovenes por el Estado Islamico. Es una problemática muy real, patética, triste y terrible del mundo en que vivimos, de cómo miles de jóvenes les lavan el cerebro en nombre de una religión que nada tiene que ver con las atrocidades de EI.

Siento que el libro se quedó corto, me faltó profundidad. Hay cosas que me resultan difíciles de creer, como que un alto agente de EI esté en labores de reclutamiento. No me creí la angustia o digamos asco que la autora afirma que sentía con las conversaciones que sostenía con Bilel, o sea se supone que tanto ella como sus compañeros estan acostumbrados a lidiar con ese tipo de historias y actitudes, asi que tanta sorpresa por parte de los involucrados me pareció exagerada.

No me creo mucho que Ana
Spoiler fuese tan tonta de usar su propio teléfono para hablar con Bilel, no me lo creo.
Siento que la historia esta inflada, quien sabe si está toda la verdad (o hasta si pasó en realidad).

No sabía que Francia es uno de los principales países de dónde EI recluta "guerreros", ahora tristemente entiendo por qué ha sido victima de ataque terroristas recientemente.

Siento que este libro pudo ser más, adentrase mejor, profundizar más. Aun así, es bien corto y se lee con facilidad. Lo recomiendo.

meowmediareads's review against another edition

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1.0

I cannot find enough words to criticize this as heavily as it requires. Filled with telling instead of showing, and a complete lack of insight into the serious issue of ISIS social media predators. If the point of the exercise was to write an autobiography, she painted herself in a very poor light. Do not look here for a journalistic piece on modern terrorism.

siennasan's review against another edition

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3.0

dorinlazar's review against another edition

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4.0

O carte tulburătoare despre o jurnalistă care merge prea departe cu investigația ei în legătură cu europenii care pleacă să sprijine statul islamic.

ladyofthelake's review against another edition

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3.0