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ink_squid's review against another edition
2.0
*** Won as part of a Goodreads giveaway ***
I could not finish this book. I really do feel a duty to books I have won. I took this book up twice. The first time I only made it 30 pages in. The second I really pushed and pushed and made it to page 65.
The subject matter is dark of course. The title clearly states the purpose of exposing Britain's role/fault in The Famine. I knew all this going in. I did find it very tough though. A lot of facts, information, switching between ideas. I don't think it was well laid out. The format was very dense.
I will give this book to someone who will read it and encourage them to pass it on and review.
I could not finish this book. I really do feel a duty to books I have won. I took this book up twice. The first time I only made it 30 pages in. The second I really pushed and pushed and made it to page 65.
The subject matter is dark of course. The title clearly states the purpose of exposing Britain's role/fault in The Famine. I knew all this going in. I did find it very tough though. A lot of facts, information, switching between ideas. I don't think it was well laid out. The format was very dense.
I will give this book to someone who will read it and encourage them to pass it on and review.
henderslam's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.5
teokajlibroj's review
4.0
Good book that brings passion to a subject that is often discussed with mention of human suffering. However, it often reads like a polemical or political denouncement rather than a well reasoned book. Coogan fails to provide evidence to back up the claim that the Famine was genocide.