Kelsey
Of all the devastating books I've read so far this year (and there have been arguably too many), this one might have topped the list. I'm happy I read it; I learned a lot, and it was probably a necessary read for me as I tend to intentionally avoid the darker realities of our world; I appreciated how the story was wrapped around one central event rather than trying to encapsulate the entire history of conflict (the book was only 217 pages and could've easily been 500+).
That being said, I do wish Thrall would've gone a little deeper; I wish he'd offered a more critical take on the events. He intentionally didn't try to tackle the “why” – likely to avoid bias, which I guess I appreciate – and only gave us the “what”. But in some ways, that makes the whole thing even harder to understand. Given all the interviews he conducted to make this book happen, I would've been really interested to hear more about each person's motivations.
Of all the devastating books I've read so far this year (and there have been arguably too many), this one might have topped the list. I'm happy I read it; I learned a lot, and it was probably a necessary read for me as I tend to intentionally avoid the darker realities of our world; I appreciated how the story was wrapped around one central event rather than trying to encapsulate the entire history of conflict (the book was only 217 pages and could've easily been 500+).
That being said, I do wish Thrall would've gone a little deeper; I wish he'd offered a more critical take on the events. He intentionally didn't try to tackle the “why” – likely to avoid bias, which I guess I appreciate – and only gave us the “what”. But in some ways, that makes the whole thing even harder to understand. Given all the interviews he conducted to make this book happen, I would've been really interested to hear more about each person's motivations.