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niquee3317's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Classism, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Violence
lyd41's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Genocide, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Classism, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Excrement, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Abortion
sakisreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
4.0
I was recommended this by a friend who claims they don’t read very often but couldn’t stop reading this one - always a credit to the author 😳 A harrowing and heartfelt story, Hyeonseo Lee takes us through the horrors of North Korea but also tells us about the happinesses found there. It’s so much more nuanced than simply stating that North Korea is a bad place and she shows us this throughout, which I thought was important. In saying that though, I was astonished at reading about the criticism lessons that the children and adults have to go through.
I would definitely recommend this and am going to research more into Lee’s TED talks! ✨
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Classism
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