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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
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Bff what a story, what a book, now I look at Morocco differently, and I am thankful to Malika for writing this 🫶🏼
It's a good reminder to appreciate our freedom and remember what others around the world are going through.
This book was a quick read, if not easy to handle on an emotional level. I was not familiar with the Moroccan royalty and the coup attempts so it was also a good lesson in Moroccan culture.
Very interesting book about a young girl in Morrocco who is sent to prison, along with her mother and siblings for many years because of coup attempt led by her father.
Very interesting story, but I didn't like the writing style - possibly a result of translation?
bought this because it was $1; sad and depressing but makes you feel like you are noble for finishing it
This was an amazingly captivating book. Highly recommended.
To be sure, what the author went through jolly well sucked. 15 years in prison with her siblings, hungry, cold, sick, etc. The story intrigued me; it's an interesting read.
HowEVer, the author (the narrator of this true story) was not a sympathetic character. I found myself annoyed by her more than once.
I kept waiting for her to have an epiphany about her situation: "Oh... so this is what my father put people through either directly or with his knowledge." Or: "Oh, so I see. The poor have to suffer so I can have my money and privilege." Or something.
I don't know. Somebody else read it and tell me what you think, k?
(I'm trying not to give away much in this review. You're welcome.)
HowEVer, the author (the narrator of this true story) was not a sympathetic character. I found myself annoyed by her more than once.
I kept waiting for her to have an epiphany about her situation: "Oh... so this is what my father put people through either directly or with his knowledge." Or: "Oh, so I see. The poor have to suffer so I can have my money and privilege." Or something.
I don't know. Somebody else read it and tell me what you think, k?
(I'm trying not to give away much in this review. You're welcome.)
This story is literally unbelievable! I'm sure that there are many who doubt its validity, but I am not among them. I think that living in this place of privilege we call the United States desensitizes us to the struggles that others around the world face and it is unfathomable to most of us that politics could cause such destruction. What this book illustrates for us is that the greatest weapons of mass destruction are political ambition, manly pride, and false accusation. This is a story that took place in my life time, not a century or more ago, and it appeals to the humanity of us all. We would do well not to forget that the sins of the father being visited upon his children will lead future generations into the abyss.