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Unbroken (Movie Tie-in Edition): A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand, Laura Hillenbrand
4.43 AVERAGE
4.46k reviews for:
Unbroken (Movie Tie-in Edition): A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand, Laura Hillenbrand
4.43 AVERAGE
Wow, just wow! An unbelievable story, meticulously researched. Louis Zamperini's story is like a movie only IT ALL REALLY HAPPENED! Can't give anything away, but you need a strong stomach to read a lot of this one...
Powerful, inspiring, makes what you're going through pale in comparison (and I am going through a lot so I know what I'm talking about...!)
Enjoy!
Powerful, inspiring, makes what you're going through pale in comparison (and I am going through a lot so I know what I'm talking about...!)
Enjoy!
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Easiest 5 stars. It’s a must read. Only annoyance was the concluding 4 chapters, those were worth skipping…
What a great story of survival and forgiveness. I truly loved this book; I could not put it down.
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I am not a fan of historical texts, including biographies and the like. I would never volunteer to read this book since it's the story of a survivor of so very many things during WWII, but primarily a series of POW camps. Sounds painful to read, right? Well... it was. But very interesting as much as it was hard to get through. I really enjoyed the pictures throughout, allowing me to put names to faces and get a better understanding of the parties involved. I also liked a lot of the footnotes. I understand that with the audio book you won't get access to these, so for that reason alone, I highly recommend the actual ink-and-paper version. The footnotes often tie up loose ends about tangential characters.
Overall, I confess to not hating my book club for making me read this. It is certainly very provocative, forcing me to think about the horrors of those who lived through WWII and also to wonder what sorts of torture goes on behind closed doors that we never hear about... eerie.
Overall, I confess to not hating my book club for making me read this. It is certainly very provocative, forcing me to think about the horrors of those who lived through WWII and also to wonder what sorts of torture goes on behind closed doors that we never hear about... eerie.
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This inspirational biography takes the reader through the full spectrum of emotions from humor to hope to tragedy.
The basic message was compelling and well told, however, the author didn't limit herself to one man's biography, so the book is longer than it has to be while it diverts to fill in the stories of family and friends. In fact, there are probably three chapters scattered here and there just giving information about the war, in general.
The last portion of the book was so dark that I wouldn't have finished if I hadn't commit so much time already, but the darkness made the light at the end shine brighter.
The basic message was compelling and well told, however, the author didn't limit herself to one man's biography, so the book is longer than it has to be while it diverts to fill in the stories of family and friends. In fact, there are probably three chapters scattered here and there just giving information about the war, in general.
The last portion of the book was so dark that I wouldn't have finished if I hadn't commit so much time already, but the darkness made the light at the end shine brighter.