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yamanashipear 's review for:
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
Easy read.
What I liked about this book is that despite the fact that it is a personal memoir I feel like it isn't trying to tug on your heart strings for merely one boy instead it seems to be opening your eyes to the injustices in Sierra Leone through one of many boys' stories. Although there are touching personal moments in the book, it is general enough to make the reader realize that many of the names could have easily been changed and in turn, been portraying the story of another one of the thousands of children affected by the civil war in Sierra Leone.
What I liked about this book is that despite the fact that it is a personal memoir I feel like it isn't trying to tug on your heart strings for merely one boy instead it seems to be opening your eyes to the injustices in Sierra Leone through one of many boys' stories. Although there are touching personal moments in the book, it is general enough to make the reader realize that many of the names could have easily been changed and in turn, been portraying the story of another one of the thousands of children affected by the civil war in Sierra Leone.