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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Torture, Violence
A very powerful and touching story of Marina Nemat and her life during the Iran-Iraq War (1880-1888). Her letters were screaming with emotion, sadness, hope. I admired her courage and will. I am happy that she found happiness in the end, even though she had suffered so much.
This book and her personal story reminded me of the fact that war is still the biggest disgrace of humanity.
This book and her personal story reminded me of the fact that war is still the biggest disgrace of humanity.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
I've been waiting a decade to read this book and it didn't disappoint. The heartbreaking story is well told and gives a glimpse into Iran in the 1980s.
medium-paced
This book is truly fantastic I could not put it down. Absolutely moved me. An absolute must read!
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
This book was fascinating and heartbreaking. I kept needing to remind myself that everything in here actually happened - it wasn't fiction.
I'll be the first to admit I don't follow Middle Eastern relations and current affairs as much as perhaps I should. Reading this book really brought to life some of the things I've heard about, the wars I've seen on television.
Marina Nemat shares how she and her family go from living a peaceful, middle-class life in Tehran, Iran to the day she is arrested as a political prisoner. Reading how she is tortured in prison, forced into marriage and then loses everything - again - made me cry. And when she is finally released, I could only hope that she would be able to live a peaceful life again. But as I read this, I knew she never would be the same happy-go-lucky girl she was, and understood her need to share this story, as difficult as it was.
I applaud Nemat for sharing this now, decades following her imprisonment. Too soon, and she probably would've been arrested again. But mostly, for giving a face and a name to those who didn't survive Evin, and for those who were killed unjustly for standing up for what they believed in.
I'll be the first to admit I don't follow Middle Eastern relations and current affairs as much as perhaps I should. Reading this book really brought to life some of the things I've heard about, the wars I've seen on television.
Marina Nemat shares how she and her family go from living a peaceful, middle-class life in Tehran, Iran to the day she is arrested as a political prisoner. Reading how she is tortured in prison, forced into marriage and then loses everything - again - made me cry. And when she is finally released, I could only hope that she would be able to live a peaceful life again. But as I read this, I knew she never would be the same happy-go-lucky girl she was, and understood her need to share this story, as difficult as it was.
I applaud Nemat for sharing this now, decades following her imprisonment. Too soon, and she probably would've been arrested again. But mostly, for giving a face and a name to those who didn't survive Evin, and for those who were killed unjustly for standing up for what they believed in.