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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
After reading every book, I then look up other comments to see if readers felt the same way about a book as I did. After reading this book, I felt guilty about giving it the number of stars that I was thinking of giving it, a 2.5. I felt as though a family who had gone through all of this surely deserved to have their story told and deserved a higher number.
During the first part of the book, I understood that Malika was pampered, as was her whole family. Her father held an important position in a patriarchal society led by a king. Reading about that for so many pages was a bit much.
When we get to the part concerning the coup, it would have been more interesting to me if they would have talked about that in more detail. All we learned about is that she was still sneaking out of her house and basically being spoiled. Life was the same, even though her father was trying to overthrow the government due to the king's excesses.
While they were imprisoned, there were so many contradictory statements and statements concerning Malika being the savior that I thought "did anyone else do anything?" "I," "I," "I" was all that I saw. As a mother, I would hope that her mother would have been a bit more courageous than what was written here. I would love to read accounts from the other family members to put together a better picture of what was going on and what everyone went through.
This book made me interested in reading about what happened during this period in Morocco and how life is now, so I guess that is a plus.
During the first part of the book, I understood that Malika was pampered, as was her whole family. Her father held an important position in a patriarchal society led by a king. Reading about that for so many pages was a bit much.
When we get to the part concerning the coup, it would have been more interesting to me if they would have talked about that in more detail. All we learned about is that she was still sneaking out of her house and basically being spoiled. Life was the same, even though her father was trying to overthrow the government due to the king's excesses.
While they were imprisoned, there were so many contradictory statements and statements concerning Malika being the savior that I thought "did anyone else do anything?" "I," "I," "I" was all that I saw. As a mother, I would hope that her mother would have been a bit more courageous than what was written here. I would love to read accounts from the other family members to put together a better picture of what was going on and what everyone went through.
This book made me interested in reading about what happened during this period in Morocco and how life is now, so I guess that is a plus.
Though this is a hard book to read, it is worth it. It's a good reminder of the freedoms we do have here in the US. Amazing story of courage, fortitude and family.
Don't know why, but this book irked me and I just did'nt like it.
I enjoyed this book and found it very eye opening.
However, I did notice that the author never seemed to do anything wrong. It was everyone else.
However, I did notice that the author never seemed to do anything wrong. It was everyone else.
Read this B.O.B.C. (before Oprah's Book Club). A thought provoking memoir.
I felt very detached from the plight of this family. Their imprisonment and suffering were terrible but I didn't feel the sympathy you would expect. Maybe because Malika was very self absorbed and read like a spoiled rich kid.
each time i read a foreign book, im reminded how bad i am at world geography
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced