A review by liter_amy
Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing Ngor

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.75

A dark and terrifying read. The horrors that the Khmer people went through during the Khmer Rouge are something that the survivors are still trying to overcome and trying to rebuild their country from the massacre. Being a first-generation Cambodian-American, it was extremely hard to get through, knowing that my family members experienced these hardships and managed to flee the country. It's a heavy, graphic book but it is the history of Cambodia that is rarely discussed in school during history which makes it all the more important to read. The only reason I am giving it a 4.75 rating instead of a 5/5 is because of the graphic details and I am not sure if I would ever be ready to pick this book up again to re-read.