A review by oxnard_montalvo
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

3.0

Like many of the other reviewers here, i found I had trouble disentangling what I assumed was Malala's voice from that of Christina Lamb. I was hoping for more of Mala's thoughts on why education was so important, maybe a bit more of her personal insight- I felt the book focused rather more than it needed to on the wider politics. Definitely got the impression someone was behind the scenes making sure certain things were added and included. There were certain glimpses to her life at school that injected some life in to this book, and her account of her life in Birmingham is truly heartbreaking. You really get this sense that she's just a girl who wants to go home. Her whole family does; they want to go back and continue making a difference on a local level which is what matters most to them.

What I was afraid of was this girl being used. I balked at the subtitle when I initially picked up the book, and sure enough the emphasis was on ' shot by the TALIBAN' and less on education. Tha being said, I do think it is an important book and as she matures, Malala will probably come out with something that will be in her own voice.

(Pakistan)