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

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auntkat86's review

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emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

maryvdb2024's review against another edition

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4.0

Incredibly powerful book. And incredibly sad to know that the author remains incarcerated. Such a clear harrowing description of a boat journey which ended with the boat capsizing. A real insight into what “stopping the boats “ means for the refugees caught in the nightmare of abandonment and indefinite imprisonments.

Boo ha I shows great courage in writing this story and exposing the shame we should all feel as Australians for the inhuman treatment of refugees. A must read.

tmiles's review

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dark sad slow-paced

2.5

rebekahrahrah's review against another edition

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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.