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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand
4.43 AVERAGE
4.54k reviews for:
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand
4.43 AVERAGE
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Reading through this story, a lot of the events were so unbelievable that it seemed like a work of fiction. Knowing this is a true story combined with how well the author described the accounts of so many people makes you stop to think about how tough life was for many of the POW's and their families during WWII.
I love a book that teaches me. I learned some great things from this one.
This powerful, painfully researched book will never leave me, nor will it fail to inspire anyone to carry on, to persevere, after you learn what befell the subject. This is an example of why people say truth is stranger than fiction. To this day, I find it hard to believe what this man survived, overcame, and ultimately conquered to become a positive, life-affirming individual.
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Great detail, unthinkable but real experiences, the reason we have the rules of war we do now.
I was unable to put this book down. Powerful story and a huge reminder of the fact that soldiers often sacrifice so much. It was a good history lesson for me as well, as I did not know nearly as much about this front of WWII. Read it. It will move you.
A well-written retelling of a man who endured unendurable suffering.
Unbroken hit me harder than I expected. Knowing it’s a true story already gives it weight, but the way it’s told—so vivid, so unflinching—makes it impossible to look away. I thought I knew a fair bit about WWII, but this gave me an entirely new perspective, especially on the Pacific front and the brutal conditions faced by POWs under Japanese captivity.
What Louis Zamperini endures before, during, and after the war could fill three separate lifetimes. His resilience is staggering, and the emotional toll of what he and so many others survived is hard to put into words. There were moments that left me just sitting in silence.
It’s not an easy read, but it’s a necessary one. Powerful, haunting, and deeply human
What Louis Zamperini endures before, during, and after the war could fill three separate lifetimes. His resilience is staggering, and the emotional toll of what he and so many others survived is hard to put into words. There were moments that left me just sitting in silence.
It’s not an easy read, but it’s a necessary one. Powerful, haunting, and deeply human