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A review by emlinthegremlin
Walk in My Shoes by Alwyn Evans
4.0
This was a book that shaped my thinking on several topics as a ten year old. It truly changed the way I perceive the world. Rereading it was sort of like revisiting ten year old me - and all the thoughts that came with each paragraph.
Coming back to it again years after, I can start to pick faults in the book. It is not brilliantly written. I felt a little rushed in some parts. But in the end, I almost don't want to fault it. This book influenced me so much that to attempt to critique it feels almost ... treacherous.
I DID enjoy this read through! It was a personal, poignant tale of a girl in an Australian refugee camp, and the general awfulness that she had to endure. However, it does this carefully, without exaggerating. Because it was written in 2004 it can be very easy to think that it was so long ago, the camps aren't like that now. But somehow I think not much has changed for the better.
This is an in your face, confronting book that will make you consider your views on asylum seekers. I remember thinking clearly when I was ten that all Australians should read this book. I still think so.
Coming back to it again years after, I can start to pick faults in the book. It is not brilliantly written. I felt a little rushed in some parts. But in the end, I almost don't want to fault it. This book influenced me so much that to attempt to critique it feels almost ... treacherous.
I DID enjoy this read through! It was a personal, poignant tale of a girl in an Australian refugee camp, and the general awfulness that she had to endure. However, it does this carefully, without exaggerating. Because it was written in 2004 it can be very easy to think that it was so long ago, the camps aren't like that now. But somehow I think not much has changed for the better.
This is an in your face, confronting book that will make you consider your views on asylum seekers. I remember thinking clearly when I was ten that all Australians should read this book. I still think so.