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A review by drouse
Who Gets Believed?: When the Truth Isn't Enough by Dina Nayeri
2.0
I received a free copy of from the publisher, which doesn't impact my review.
The premise of the book seems a good one, but the flow is disjointed and at times the point confusing.
Interestingly her own personal and family attitudes seem to cloud, if not contradict, her refuge attitudes. I didn't understand that to be intentional, and therefore a source of some of the confusion.
Additionally I felt the author used extreme cases to prove wrongs in cases that were called shams but offered no solutions to solve the problem of an overabundance of people trying to achieve asylum status, while in fact admitting to some of her own "shams" to get what she wanted.
The premise of the book seems a good one, but the flow is disjointed and at times the point confusing.
Interestingly her own personal and family attitudes seem to cloud, if not contradict, her refuge attitudes. I didn't understand that to be intentional, and therefore a source of some of the confusion.
Additionally I felt the author used extreme cases to prove wrongs in cases that were called shams but offered no solutions to solve the problem of an overabundance of people trying to achieve asylum status, while in fact admitting to some of her own "shams" to get what she wanted.