kristendom 's review for:

American War by Omar El Akkad

4.0

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Have you ever read a book that you absolutely KNOW is amazing, but that just isn't the right book for you at that moment? This is why I'm giving this book four stars instead of five - I can tell you that this is an amazing - incredibly amazing and beautiful book. But I did not have the appropriate amount of energy to really dig into this, which makes me sad. Fast forward about 50 years into the future, and America is in the middle of its second civil war - fought between the north and south again, but this time over environmental protections and the limitation of fossil fuels. In the middle of this, one young woman suffers dramatically at the hands of the north, and we learn how a terrorist is made. This is well worth a read.