A review by adiereadsbooks
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

This book took me awhile to read. Yeonmi Park had an unimaginable childhood that was so dark that even without writing in details and with intense emotions I still had chills and needed to take multiple breaks to wrap my head around how much evil some experience in their childhood. Yeonmi's memoir had me reeling in shock, horror and crying throughout the pages. I learned about the abuse, neglect and brainwashing that is considered daily life in North Korea. I learned about the huge human trafficking problem within China and how even if South Korea gives North Koreans freedom, they are still foreigners living 5 decades in the past. 
I did not give 5 stars, cause her writing is not the best, which makes sense since English is her 3rd? language. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Trafficking, Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical trauma

Minor: Self harm, Abortion