Reviews

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung

tevinf910's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

bcschaos's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

5.0

books_and_lattemacchiato's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

blairfrank's review against another edition

4.0

The first thing I noticed about the author's memoir was the use of present tense. This made a huge impact on me as a reader. Instead of reading about the Cambodian Genocide as if it were happening in the past, I felt like each time I read, I too, followed Loung through her harrowing journey next to her.

lindyloureads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

didge24_09's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

sona_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

bgeorgiev's review against another edition

5.0

one of the most incredible biographies I’ve read

dilchh's review against another edition

3.0

It was a good book and I like reading the book from the beginning to the very end. But I must say that the greatest part of the book was near the end of it. It was so vivid and alive, it's almost like it happened yesterday and that you were present when those things happened. I also liked every part when she imagined what could have happened to her sister (Keav), her Pa, her Ma, and her younger sister (Geak) last days.

It would have been a better book for me if I didn't screw it up by reading what people had said about the book in the web before I even finished the book. But other than that, I personally think this book was a good book. She really (almost) crack me into tears every time she described her Pa. It made me grateful in so many different ways about my life now.

amatullah_sabir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0