DNF at 55%It is a good book if you want to have an insight into a sick political system. That's unique in many ways. It's well written and the author knows the topic from the insider view. I've never been a non-fiction reader, and the fact that I came so far speaks actually for the book. My mistake ...
The hardships of living in a once modern country that no longer has enough reliable electricity to cool its citizen’s home refrigerators or run the now defunct factories where they used to work are more than I could have imagined and heart-rending, but there is at least one advantage. When the sun s...
This was a harrowing read; how could it not be, being about North Korea? But at the same time it was excellent and a book that everyone should read, if they have the chance. When I started it I wasn’t sure what to expect, I mean I’m a bit of a character junkie and I didn’t know how well the people i...
How have I been so naiive about what has been happening in North Korea all this time? Well, I'm so glad I downloaded this audiobook, because now I am very much more aware of events in this culturally isolated country. The opening statement, that Google Earth shows the country as nothing but darkness...
1: Ready player one: I thougt this book was awsome, I fell in love with the charecters, the futurestic setting was perfect. And Im really looking forward to read Armada (oct 2014) by same author. 2: Wonder: this was such a sweet heartwarming story. I really loved how August developed through the ...
Note: The review below was taken directly from my Goodreads account. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea is a mix of tales about life in North Korea relayed by six North Korean defectors currently living in South Korea as told by a journalist, Demick.This book isn't the first time I'v...
If you thought that George Orwell's satires Animal Farm and 1984 are just works of fiction, think again. Look at a map and find North Korea. That's a present-day, real-life Animal Farm.Barbara Demick's book, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, gives us a peek of a spot of hell here on Ea...
wow, look at the circle-unprintable of joy! 2500 ratings, 4.41 rating, higher than Faulkner, Hemingway, and Einstein!Demick has interviewed six (main) North Koreans and delivered to us what we already know, viz:North Koreans are starvingall sorts of atrocities are occuringthe country is on the verge...
It's hard to review this book...The book describes the lifes of five North Koreans which defected to South Korea when ... just read it yourself. Simply put: their life was horrible in parts. Unbelieveable. While reading this book you simply wish it can't be true. But there are a lot of references at...
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