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Escapar para vivir by Aida Candelario, Yeonmi Park

iglowpinkinthenightinmyroom's review against another edition

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4.0

Una autobiografía muy dura que nos muestra como vivió la autora en su natal Corea del Norte. La forma de pensar que se les obligaba a tener, el contacto constante con la muerte, el hambre...personalmente me sorprendí mucho cuando se dijo que había tenido una vida lujosa a comparación con los demás porque a pesar de que su vida mejoró un poco en algunas ocasiones todo seguía siendo demasiado difícil para su familia.
Nos cuenta todo lo que tuvo que pasar para llegar a la libertad y el concepto de la misma, así como la lucha interna que se tiene cuando no se sabe qué hacer.
Super recomendable

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emotional inspiring sad

5.0

mariah123456's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

lakmus's review against another edition

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Jesus. Christ.

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But also, see wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeonmi_Park

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emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Should be required reading for anyone living in the free world. 

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4.0

This memoir helps the reader to understand the suffering and anguish the people of North Korea go through everyday in order to survive.

As Yeonmi mentions in the book, most of the Westerners believe that North Korea is a miserable country run by an odd dictator with bad hair and nuclear weapons. This memoir makes you realise how North Koreans are living in extreme poverty, brainwashed from birth to believe that the Kims as gods who can read your mind and control the weather. A country where it takes just one family member to “misbehave” for the whole family to be punished or sent to reeducation prison camps.

Escaping into China to be human trafficked and sold as a “wife” to Chinese farmers or being repatriated that would lead to execution. What Yeonmi went through by the age of 15 is harrowing and I am amazed at her courage and willpower to live. I am so glad that her family is reunited and wish them all the best in life.

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emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75


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kalista_putri's review against another edition

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5.0

oh my god....

mybooktasticlife's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0