What I liked: This book was heart wrenching and painful to read at times. It was never boring, but it was so descriptive throughout their experience, making it painful. I put this in my "liked" section, because not all writers can portray that level of pain onto paper. I liked how real it felt; none of it sounded cheesey or dramatized. I also liked the final work by Amanda. I don't want to give too much away, but I love the fact that she put her experience into creating positive futures for Somolians. It's selfless and humbling.

What I disliked: As much as I enjoyed learning about Amanda's early travels, I feel like it's the cause for why I took so long to finish the book. I became side-tracked or distracted during the beginning, and was waiting for the story to pick up. But, once it did, I couldn't put it down.

Would I recommend this to a friend? Absolutely.30:T76b,I don’t know why people don’t rate memoirs or say they won’t give it less than 5 stars. These people wrote down their story and put it out in the world… I don’t feel bad about giving it a rating. I’m not saying it’s a 3 star experience she went through. Or that the individual is 3 stars herself! It was other factors that go into my rating.

Such as, the audio. I listened to it. It is read by the author herself and the audiobook was hilariously monotone. I can’t believe the lack of emotion in her voice when she was describing the most terrifying situation, accompanied by the more terrifying dialogue. She was describing her attempted escape in the same voice I use when I describe what I had for lunch. So maybe it’s one you need to read with your eyeballs.

It was a little slow moving. I found myself wanting to skip ahead. I feel like she included unnecessary details? But again, it is her story. She should write it how she wants.

This woman did not, by any means, deserve what happened to her. It was absolutely awful. Tortured, raped repeatedly, beaten, starved for almost a year

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