jdoetsch 's review for:

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

4.0

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This was a gut punch to read. The subject matter and the details were rough, but what was almost worse was the almost conversational tone in which it was written. You would think that glossing over certain traumatic events would be less impactful, but to me it was more, since it said to me that he was either desensitized to the violence of the subject or he was hesitant to bring back such memories.

Highly recommended, but not for the faint of heart or for people who have been traumatized