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A review by roseleaf24
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
4.0
I'm so glad to be done with this book. I'm glad I read it. It was very powerful, and very well-written. However, I had no idea that life in North Korea was this bad. This book described things that I ascribe to Hitler's Germany or Stalinist Russia, not ongoing life in a present-day regime. I want to be doing something about this; I want our country to be doing something about this, but I know how impossible a task it is.
The brutality and hopelessness of the first 70 or so pages was really difficult for me to get through. At that point, I found a glimmer of hope that I was able to latch onto, and that pulled me in. The plot and the characters easily carried the story, and it became very difficult to put down. It was also difficult to pick back up, though, and I couldn't read it before going to bed, so it took me longer to finish than it otherwise would have. Well-deserving of the award, and I hope a lot of people read it and have their eyes opened as I did, but I doubt I'll be recommending it, and I won't be reading it again. ;-)
The brutality and hopelessness of the first 70 or so pages was really difficult for me to get through. At that point, I found a glimmer of hope that I was able to latch onto, and that pulled me in. The plot and the characters easily carried the story, and it became very difficult to put down. It was also difficult to pick back up, though, and I couldn't read it before going to bed, so it took me longer to finish than it otherwise would have. Well-deserving of the award, and I hope a lot of people read it and have their eyes opened as I did, but I doubt I'll be recommending it, and I won't be reading it again. ;-)