Eh.
That is my initial reaction to this book. I borrowed it from a friend who liked it. So I was sure I would like it, too.
It wasn't that I didn't like the book, I just couldn't get into it.
It was about a Moroccan family who was held prisoner for 20 years after her father arranged a coup against the king. It was about her life growing up, her life before imprisonment, her life during and then a small part of her life after.
Now don't think that I am heartless to what they went through. I thought it was a terrible tragedy and a wonderful story of determination and strength. I think it was the writing that I found hard to read. It was (I assumed) translated from her original language. So it felt very elementary. And it was a bit jumbled…like she thought of things sporadically and decided to toss those thoughts in. At one point it was we're in this jail….14 years later….and that was about the extent. (Yes there was a tad more in there, but not much).
If you are into true stories/memoirs, you will probably enjoy this.
I did like that there were a few pages in the center of pictures of the author and her family. It made it more real and more heartbreaking to see them.
Happy reading.
