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missyglosenger's review against another edition
5.0
I liked this even better than Three Cups of Tea, especially since it was written in first person so you got a better glimpse into the driving force behind it all. Another very inspiring read!
nappower's review against another edition
4.0
like 3 cups of tea: highly recommended & highly inspiring & just, gah, argh, makes sense - educate girls. better the world. instead of all that war violence crap. i think i actually enjoyed this more than 3 cups of tea b/c it was more about the schools and the nuts & bolts & challenges of running everything.
snjluc's review against another edition
5.0
Wonderful book, Greg puts so much of himself into helping those kids and communities!
leavingsealevel's review against another edition
3.0
My book club read this (my in-person, NV book club that is...I have been ignoring my virtual/Seattle book-club, very sorry!)! I <3 my book club and I am seriously tempted to write about how awesome they are instead of collecting my thoughts on this book. But I probably should stay on point...
I read [b:Three Cups of Tea|49436|Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time|Greg Mortenson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358990s/49436.jpg|251800] a couple of years ago and honestly I didn't expect to like it. I did like it though--I liked it a lot--so bear with me as I explain what I was expecting it to be like. There are a lot of books out there about privileged U.S. kids (ok, twenty/thirty-somethings) "saving" people, "saving the world," etc. I am so SICK of being preached at by privileged folks who think that they are entitled to tell people of the Global South how to solve their problems by virtue of some combination of their education and their wealth and their gender and their whiteness. I am ESPECIALLY sick of that narrative when the authors/speakers can't even bring themselves to recognize that their own privilege exists as a flip side of the "problems" (structural injustice would be a better word) they want to solve. I'm not saying I have the answers as to how to be a solidarity activist and not do these things: I'm just saying I want to do whatever work I end up doing in a fundamentally different way. One way to figure out how to do that is to study those privileged activists who do manage to follow different paths (obviously, another and I think more important way is by listening to non-privileged, Third World voices for justice that are often silenced). See where I'm going with this? I dismissed Mortenson as the former sort of do-gooder before I even started the book, and it turned out that he struck me as more of the latter (up for debate, of course).
I learned from reading about Mortenson's work helping communities build schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan because he seems to have the ability to genuinely listen to and work with the people he wants to help. He reminds me of Paul Farmer in this regard (read [b:Mountains Beyond Mountains|10235|Mountains Beyond Mountains The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World|Tracy Kidder|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166152608s/10235.jpg|1639628] which is about Farmer's work with Partners in Health in Haiti if you haven't already...I'm working on reading some of Farmer's own stuff now).
I read [b:Three Cups of Tea|49436|Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time|Greg Mortenson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358990s/49436.jpg|251800] a couple of years ago and honestly I didn't expect to like it. I did like it though--I liked it a lot--so bear with me as I explain what I was expecting it to be like. There are a lot of books out there about privileged U.S. kids (ok, twenty/thirty-somethings) "saving" people, "saving the world," etc. I am so SICK of being preached at by privileged folks who think that they are entitled to tell people of the Global South how to solve their problems by virtue of some combination of their education and their wealth and their gender and their whiteness. I am ESPECIALLY sick of that narrative when the authors/speakers can't even bring themselves to recognize that their own privilege exists as a flip side of the "problems" (structural injustice would be a better word) they want to solve. I'm not saying I have the answers as to how to be a solidarity activist and not do these things: I'm just saying I want to do whatever work I end up doing in a fundamentally different way. One way to figure out how to do that is to study those privileged activists who do manage to follow different paths (obviously, another and I think more important way is by listening to non-privileged, Third World voices for justice that are often silenced). See where I'm going with this? I dismissed Mortenson as the former sort of do-gooder before I even started the book, and it turned out that he struck me as more of the latter (up for debate, of course).
I learned from reading about Mortenson's work helping communities build schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan because he seems to have the ability to genuinely listen to and work with the people he wants to help. He reminds me of Paul Farmer in this regard (read [b:Mountains Beyond Mountains|10235|Mountains Beyond Mountains The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World|Tracy Kidder|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166152608s/10235.jpg|1639628] which is about Farmer's work with Partners in Health in Haiti if you haven't already...I'm working on reading some of Farmer's own stuff now).
hannahelise's review against another edition
5.0
Five stars not necessarily for the writing but for the content... Super inspirational and well thought out. Love him.
misspalah's review against another edition
4.0
Continuing the jorney from '3 cups of tea', this book offerred the journey more insightful and detailed in the view of greg himself. The second book pretty lenghty, detailed and compact with the description of remote areas in the afghanistan that you never heard of. It felt like you are part of dirty dozen and helping Greg to accomplish the mission of school building all over the afghanistan. Overall, i enjoyed this book.
judyward's review against another edition
4.0
I loved Three Cups of Tea and this follow-up book was equally powerful. In it, the reader gets to know Greg Mortenson better as he travels around the United States fundraising, then works with the local population in remote sections of Afghanistan and Pakistan building schools (of which at least 50% of the students have to be female). An inspirational book which celebrates the impact of a single individual who is changing the world.
beccakatie's review against another edition
3.0
I did enjoy this book - I thought it was well written and the aim of education, especially female education is a very important discussion that certainly deserves attention.
However, after finishing it I read some reviews on here that led me to do some basic research on the controversy surrounding Mortenson’s claims and finances, and that has definitely affected my views of the book.
I haven’t done a lot of research into this, and therefore feel like I can’t be too critical without any substantial knowledge. Therefore I’ve tried to rate this book based on the quality of the writing, which is probably mostly down to co-author Mike Bryan and the narrative itself, rather than the ability to substantiate Mortenson’s claims.
However, after finishing it I read some reviews on here that led me to do some basic research on the controversy surrounding Mortenson’s claims and finances, and that has definitely affected my views of the book.
I haven’t done a lot of research into this, and therefore feel like I can’t be too critical without any substantial knowledge. Therefore I’ve tried to rate this book based on the quality of the writing, which is probably mostly down to co-author Mike Bryan and the narrative itself, rather than the ability to substantiate Mortenson’s claims.
abbyschmidt42's review against another edition
4.0
The follow up to "3 Cups of Tea" tells about what Greg Mortenson and his organization the Central Asia Institute have been working on since September 11th, 2001. The start to work in Afghanistan as well as continuing to work in Pakistan. It is another moving book about the lengths that he, the CIA, and the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan are willing to go to in order to educate you women (and men) in the region. Very inspiring.