A review by jaidenmarie11
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

I think I’ll always give memoirs a 5 star unless it or the author sucks but fortunately that was not the case. This book was so harrowing and made me truly reflect on the ideals of morality and innocence. I will never forget some of the scenes from this book and it’s absolutely heartbreaking that a child had to experience this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, War, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Murder, Addiction, Cursing, and Rape