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Avaintodistaja - Pako kiinan nykypäivän keskitysleireiltä by Sayragul Sauytbay, Alexandra Cavelius
baasanka's review against another edition
3.0
Great story, mediocre book.
Considering that many of the readers will be westerners with no in-depth knowledge of the subject, I wish she had really driven in how much they as individuals are supporting genocide and torture by purchasing cheap Chinese crap and buying from companies with questionable practices in their supply chain. This was only mentioned briefly at the end of the book – it should have been a bigger talking point.
Since it's a biography, I normally wouldn't complain about the story being too focused on the individual, but it seems that the author Alexandra Cavelius has written other books on the subject of Chinese oppression/internment camps and should be an expert (-ish). Hence, I think she could have done a better with the structure.
It's a heavy and highly important subject matter; there could have been more context and history provided. I found myself thinking back on other books and interviews I've read to fill in the gaps where the text provided no further details.
The book paints very vivid imagery, though, and will no doubt elicit emotional responses, which is its primary goal. I wish it were a bit more informative.
Considering that many of the readers will be westerners with no in-depth knowledge of the subject, I wish she had really driven in how much they as individuals are supporting genocide and torture by purchasing cheap Chinese crap and buying from companies with questionable practices in their supply chain. This was only mentioned briefly at the end of the book – it should have been a bigger talking point.
Since it's a biography, I normally wouldn't complain about the story being too focused on the individual, but it seems that the author Alexandra Cavelius has written other books on the subject of Chinese oppression/internment camps and should be an expert (-ish). Hence, I think she could have done a better with the structure.
It's a heavy and highly important subject matter; there could have been more context and history provided. I found myself thinking back on other books and interviews I've read to fill in the gaps where the text provided no further details.
The book paints very vivid imagery, though, and will no doubt elicit emotional responses, which is its primary goal. I wish it were a bit more informative.
ninscha's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
amyborch's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
Spoiler. The unbelievable story of an Kazakh woman who tells about the concentration camp reconditioning centers for ethnic minorities in
China.
China.
amachonis's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Deportation
tttintti's review
5.0
Ehdottomasti lukemisen tai kuuntelemisen arvoinen kirja - itse kuuntelin, eikä jäänyt kokemus huonommaksi siinäkään. Kirja antaa hyvän kuvan siitä, mitä ihan nykypäivän Kiinassa tapahtuu sillä tapahtumat eivät suinkaan sijoitu maailmansodan vuosiin vaan 2010-luvulle. Olen vakaasti sitä mieltä, että tämä kirja tulisi jokaisen lukea.
actkaye62's review against another edition
5.0
This is a book I would describe as a must read. It is well written in a manner that is easy to absorb and understand.
colorfulleo92's review against another edition
5.0
This is the toughest book I've ever read, or in this case listening to. The horrors this author had to endorse and the horror she seen was hard to grasp. I did not think things like this happened in the world today in such large scale and I honestly thought concentration camps was a thing in history books. I highly recommend listening to this book as I think this is a very important book. But the treatment from other humans to other humans is horrifying
kimlovestocook63's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.0