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skinnylatte's review
3.0
More pop history than most other books in this category, but it’s still an interesting way to tell this story. Telling the story of the Korean War partly from the perspective of a daring defector is an unique angle. If you know more than a few things about the North, the pacing feels off; which makes sense, since he’s trying to fit all of it neatly into the fighter jet defection story,
kaitlynbrianna's review
3.0
3.5 ⭐️
Just because it took me about two months to read this 240 page book doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it.
I’m beginning to delve even further into my interest of North Korea and it’s history and this book is a great place to start. Blaine is direct and honest, about North Korea and it’s Great Leader but also about the questionable (and at times horrible) decisions made by the US military and government during and directly after the Korean War. (I would not shut up about Operation Moolah when i first read about it are you for real)
Obviously this isn’t a book I’d recommend to anyone who isn’t as obsessed with history and NK as I am but it’s a very accessible read of a complicated topic with a lot of moving parts and I learned a lot. I’d love to read more of Blaine’s work!
Just because it took me about two months to read this 240 page book doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it.
I’m beginning to delve even further into my interest of North Korea and it’s history and this book is a great place to start. Blaine is direct and honest, about North Korea and it’s Great Leader but also about the questionable (and at times horrible) decisions made by the US military and government during and directly after the Korean War. (I would not shut up about Operation Moolah when i first read about it are you for real)
Obviously this isn’t a book I’d recommend to anyone who isn’t as obsessed with history and NK as I am but it’s a very accessible read of a complicated topic with a lot of moving parts and I learned a lot. I’d love to read more of Blaine’s work!
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