5.0

I was 3 when the Rwandan genocide happened. Even later in life, I still knew next to nothing about the reality of what happened in this small Central African country. Gourevitch has an astonishing piece of literary journalism here; I couldn't put this book down, despite the absolute atrocities he shared, because his writing is so compelling and so gripping. The truth of international ignorance is heavy, but so important to read. When we as a world say "never again," yet we turn a blind eye when "again" happens, where is our humanity?