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ladynovella 's review for:
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers
Read this all in one go - didn't think that would happen. But, damn, I couldn't put it down.
For me, North Korea is like passing a train wreck. You know it's awful and there is so much pain and suffering, and you can't look away. I have this morbid fascination with the country. How can this country possibly be so secretive and the people so unknown? I mean, I know how it's possible. Power-addicted dictators are terribly good at what they do to their people. It just doesn't seem real sometimes. It's like something out of a dystopian novel. Only it's actually happening in reality.
I'm glad Yeonmi Park had the courage to speak up and tell her story. Given how brainwashed and how much fear is instilled in North Koreans from childhood by their government, it couldn't be easy for her to do. But freedom has an interesting way of breaking through the dictatorial BS and finding the truth. Bless her forever.
For me, North Korea is like passing a train wreck. You know it's awful and there is so much pain and suffering, and you can't look away. I have this morbid fascination with the country. How can this country possibly be so secretive and the people so unknown? I mean, I know how it's possible. Power-addicted dictators are terribly good at what they do to their people. It just doesn't seem real sometimes. It's like something out of a dystopian novel. Only it's actually happening in reality.
I'm glad Yeonmi Park had the courage to speak up and tell her story. Given how brainwashed and how much fear is instilled in North Koreans from childhood by their government, it couldn't be easy for her to do. But freedom has an interesting way of breaking through the dictatorial BS and finding the truth. Bless her forever.