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charmanderson 's review for:
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
Wow, so after an exciting beginning, then a slow first 1/3 of the book, I eventually became thoroughly engrossed in Louie Zamperini's story. After spending decades reading about world war II and it's atrocities, this is the first book that I have read that focussed on the Pacific side of the war. I had no idea what went on and the extent of the Japanese domination early on. It is astounding that Louie and the others in this book were able to survive the torture in the POW camps. It is amazing that he was able to become the man he continues to be (I can't believe he is still alive) after the horrifying things he went through. I resisted throughout reading this book googling him to see what became of him, I wanted the story to unfold without me knowing its end. Little did I know that it hasn't ended and at 95 Louie is still around. When I clicked on his name in wikipedia and saw that he is still alive it brought tears to my eyes (okay, I am a huge suck!) what an amazing testament of a man that could not be broken!