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A review by my_adventure_awaits
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
1.0
The one star rating here is not for the quality of the writing - it is simply because I did not care for the story whatsoever.
I read this book with my friend as part of our bookclub and was looking forward to it. However, the last 150 pages killer any affection I had for this story. It was just depressing event after depressing event. And yes, I knew going into it that it certainly wasn't going to be a cheery book.
The lack of personal connection I had with any of the characters when paired with Amin's sadism and cruelty and my dislike of Nicholas just made it impossible to enjoy this book. It got to the point where I thought "Great, who's going to die/be torture/killed next?" instead of looking forward to how the story plays out.
Like I said, this review is not for the quality of the writing, only for my dislike of the book. I definitely will not be re-reading this but I would encourage others to try it.
I read this book with my friend as part of our bookclub and was looking forward to it. However, the last 150 pages killer any affection I had for this story. It was just depressing event after depressing event. And yes, I knew going into it that it certainly wasn't going to be a cheery book.
The lack of personal connection I had with any of the characters when paired with Amin's sadism and cruelty and my dislike of Nicholas just made it impossible to enjoy this book. It got to the point where I thought "Great, who's going to die/be torture/killed next?" instead of looking forward to how the story plays out.
Like I said, this review is not for the quality of the writing, only for my dislike of the book. I definitely will not be re-reading this but I would encourage others to try it.