Reviews

No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani

tmiles's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

2.5

rebekahrahrah's review against another edition

4.0

Honestly, I only feel half entitled to rate this work because Boochani's writing was at times so lyrical that I would stop listening to the audiobook while it kept playing to repeat sections of it over and over in my head (the chapter titles? since when could they be poetry??), and sometimes so evocative that I would stop listening despite the book still playing, and lose my train of thought reflecting on the occurrences he was narrating. I'm leaving this on my TBR list, but want to delve into the physical book so that I know I've absorbed every single word like it deserves.

laurasauras's review against another edition

5.0

One of the most impactful books I've ever read. Heartbreaking and beautiful.

lottie1803's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

aaaidaaa's review

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

jbelsham's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

4.0

bridgetbridgetbridget's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative tense slow-paced

5.0

aya_the_papaya's review against another edition

Had to return to the library... maybe another time.

aydanroger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

nathanielcrossinggum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5