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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
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Heartbreaking
With some of the stories coming from North Korea, it is heartbreaking to read firsthand what it is like for those that suffer.
With some of the stories coming from North Korea, it is heartbreaking to read firsthand what it is like for those that suffer.
This book was absolutely jaw-dropping. Incredible. Especially in today's climate of constant talk of North Korea and growing global inequality.
I realized after reading this that I had no idea about life in North Korea. None. Definitely opened my eyes to some things and I am not sure I’ve ever learned more from a memoir.
Wow. Absolutely heartbreaking and powerful story about one man's experience growing up in North Korea and his escape from it. I listened to the audiobook and thought it very well done. It reminds me just how fortunate we are and that we take a lot for granted on a daily basis. While it's depressing, I think it's an important book for us all to read.
Wow. This book was devastating. It's almost exactly like my Liberty Box trilogy--eerily so--except that it's real life, and it doesn't end happy, not truly. I'm all about happy endings, so I kept hanging on, hoping for that (particularly because the title, and the fact that the book exists, gives away the fact that he makes it out). But it's still worth reading/listening to because it's so eye-opening. The dystopian genre is so popular in fiction, that it's startling to realize that a real dystopian regime (at least one) exists right now.
The Truth about North Korea
Words like these are important. The story of what it's like to live in North Korea is startling and horrifying.
Words like these are important. The story of what it's like to live in North Korea is startling and horrifying.
"Nadie pensaba en nada ni hablaba de nada, salvo de comida. Cuando conseguíamos ponernos en pie y salir a la calle, nos pasábamos todo el tiempo buscando y rebuscando algo que fuese remotamente comestible. No éramos más que un puñado de fantasmas famélicos. Muertos apenas vivientes."
Un libro impactante y durísimo que me ha hecho dar gracias por el lugar y la época en que nací.
Un libro impactante y durísimo que me ha hecho dar gracias por el lugar y la época en que nací.