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

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

I think the content is as harrowing as it is interesting but the writing really didn't do this memoir justice, unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, War, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Violence, Grief, and Gun violence