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4.76 AVERAGE
4.76 AVERAGE
You want your heart ripped out, your soul crushed and to feel completely and totally void inside?
This is the book for you!
I hated every moment of this memoir but it is a definite must read.
I lived in ignorance before reading this and I am so glad (yet enraged) after reading this.
This is a story of strength, hatred, love, terror, hope….so many things. I am still in shock.
This is the book for you!
I hated every moment of this memoir but it is a definite must read.
I lived in ignorance before reading this and I am so glad (yet enraged) after reading this.
This is a story of strength, hatred, love, terror, hope….so many things. I am still in shock.
dark
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plan to come back to it at a later point (switched to a more relevant book for the present state: nuclear war). The book is heavy, but not as heavy as I thought it would be. Maybe it picks up in the 2nd half showcasing lessons learned, but right now I feel like it would be better to listen to an audio book version given the storytelling. Had a hard time pushing myself to read this.
a book that had to be written, a book that has to be read
challenging
dark
informative
medium-paced
One of the most important books I’ve ever read. I can only hope that everyone (especially Americans) read this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture
Mansoor, unlawfully detained at Guantanamo Bay for 15 years tells about his experience and the experiences of his brothers who suffered along side him
This book was hard to digest and process. Often leaving me gutted at what humans are capable of.
Leaving me wondering how people could possibly be conditioned to be so cold and callous to other humans
I frequently had to put this book down because of how horrific things were
This isn’t fiction. This is reality. And everyone should read it because being ignorant about what has and continues to happen just makes you part of the problem
Mansoor, the US took 15 years from you. Not only that it gave you only one option upon release, to go to Serbia, further imprisoning you. The world owes you more, you deserve better
Please don’t stop writing
Your life is valuable and your story should be heard
This is one of those things that will sit with me for years
This book was hard to digest and process. Often leaving me gutted at what humans are capable of.
Leaving me wondering how people could possibly be conditioned to be so cold and callous to other humans
I frequently had to put this book down because of how horrific things were
This isn’t fiction. This is reality. And everyone should read it because being ignorant about what has and continues to happen just makes you part of the problem
Mansoor, the US took 15 years from you. Not only that it gave you only one option upon release, to go to Serbia, further imprisoning you. The world owes you more, you deserve better
Please don’t stop writing
Your life is valuable and your story should be heard
This is one of those things that will sit with me for years
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Such a sad but hopeful story. It was so difficult to read and such a painful reminder of the very human victims of the war on terror.