Lone Survivor

Lone Survivor was a book that didn’t quite resonate with me as well as it would have if I had been related to a soldier or someone who had died in 9/11. Luttrell used slurs in his book that just lost me; he is just too racist for me.

Long Way Gone

Beah connected me by the way he told the memoir. Beah really told his story well, and made me think about wars in Africa. Beah was saved purely by chance a lot, and it’s just amazing that he made it to the US, and how his friend Gasemu found them again, and how he still, through all his experiences, he still keeps a positive attitude.

Two Kisses for Maddie

Very sweet book. I didn’t connect to the book as much as some people because no-one near me has died; but I can understand why people connect to it and I repect him for treating their daughter right instead of blaming her for his wife’s death.

Chronicles Volume One: Bob Dylan

Confusing timeline, but still puts his life in perspective. It expresses his opinions really well, and it puts him into new perspective.

A Long Way Gone

Background is terrible, I feel terrible for the people of Sierra Leone. Child soldiers had a terrible life, they never saw their family again and the RUF and army treated them terribly. Uncle Tommy was Beah’s rock after his rehabilitation.