4.0

Perfect for those of us who get into the holiday spirit by reading tales of suffering, warfare, and the human capacity for unimaginable cruelty.

I'd give it 5 stars except that the beginning and ending are drawn out and long-winded, and there is a little too much attribution to Jesus and God for a book that's supposed to be about a human's experience as a POW (i.e., I'd rather it be a story of survival and resilience than a story of survival, resilience, and redemption).