Monday, August 24, 2009

Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala

Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is discovered by guerrilla fighters after his mother and sister escape and his father is brutally murdered, and is forced into becoming a soldier at the mercy of a treacherous terrorist leader.

Very seldom do I not finish a book...I quit this one after 39 pages. The subject matter was too horrible, I just couldn't make myself read anymore of it. I hope it had an uplifting ending...I just couldn't stand to read any more of it.


Rating: 2 of 10

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