A review by oxnard_montalvo
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

5.0

More like three and 3/4 stars. While it was certainly a good introduction to the regime, illuminaing the day to day moments, I felt it was a bit light on hard facts; the political history in the runup to the North Korea of today. Focuses mostly on the famine of the 1990s and the struggle of the six defectors to survive. Very interesting as a psychological study- the rationalization of extreme circumstances- and very accessible.