A House in the Sky
aman says:
I received this as a gift in audio format. As I spend 4 hours a day driving to and from work I am always looking for new books to listen to. Some I have listened to many times. As incredible as this book is I donated it as soon as I finished. It is most definitely not a journey I wish to take again. The descriptions are so intense that I could almost ... and only almost feel the horror that Amanda went through. How she endured all she was subjected to is more than I could at times comp...rehend. A must read but be warned.
molly says:
It drives me crazy when people's judgment about the quality of a work (be it a book, a film or television show) is premised solely on how they felt about the protagonist or what is being depicted. Do I think that Amanda Lindhout made some incredibly bad choices? Yes. Do I think it's likely she made these choices because she somehow felt privileged and invincible as a white woman from the West, or because she was just really self-absorbed and narcissistic? Yes. But do I think that makes this a bad book? No. I can be frustrated by a character and hate what they're doing and even hate them, and still think a book is written well and that it's worth reading. I wouldn't call this a literary work by any stretch, but it is a compelling enough read that I got through most of it fairly quickly. As is typically the case with me, I get bored and lose steam in the last 50 pages or so of a book and I skim through the remainder and put it away. That happened to me here - but that's a reflection of me, not of the book. 3 stars from me. MoreLess
I received this as a gift in audio format. As I spend 4 hours a day driving to and from work I am always looking for new books to listen to. Some I have listened to many times. As incredible as this book is I donated it as soon as I finished. It is most definitely not a journey I wish to take again. The descriptions are so intense that I could almost ... and only almost feel the horror that Amanda went through. How she endured all she was subjected to is more than I could at times comp...rehend. A must read but be warned.
molly says:
It drives me crazy when people's judgment about the quality of a work (be it a book, a film or television show) is premised solely on how they felt about the protagonist or what is being depicted. Do I think that Amanda Lindhout made some incredibly bad choices? Yes. Do I think it's likely she made these choices because she somehow felt privileged and invincible as a white woman from the West, or because she was just really self-absorbed and narcissistic? Yes. But do I think that makes this a bad book? No. I can be frustrated by a character and hate what they're doing and even hate them, and still think a book is written well and that it's worth reading. I wouldn't call this a literary work by any stretch, but it is a compelling enough read that I got through most of it fairly quickly. As is typically the case with me, I get bored and lose steam in the last 50 pages or so of a book and I skim through the remainder and put it away. That happened to me here - but that's a reflection of me, not of the book. 3 stars from me. MoreLess
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Guest 7 years ago
Absolutely incredible book about survival. Her strength is unwilling, her power is relentless, and her story is absolutely compelling. This book is descriptive, you are on this journey with her, and as horrific, heart wrenching, and fastening you will not be able to stop, you will follow through the entire way.
Guest 6 years ago
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