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Salvador by Joan Didion

fredminson's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.25

divinefemcel's review against another edition

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dark informative tense slow-paced

2.0

tuesday_evening's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

yasy_yasy16's review against another edition

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dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

Really captivating. It is very short and not my personal favorite Didion writing, but it isn't a bad read. The situation in El Salvador was horrific. 

tpalmi's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

3.0

emmacraig's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

katiereads13's review

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informative

2.0

huncamuncamouse's review against another edition

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4.0

Didion is at her best. Fascinating and terrifying.

gwendolynstorey's review against another edition

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4.0

Salvador is a short read that manages to cover a lot of differing perspectives (Salvadorian locals and ex-pats, State Dept., USAID, etc.), thus giving a powerful overview of what was happening in the country at the time. It's important to note that Didion only spent a few weeks there- this book is in no way indicative of El Salvador's history or the complexity of US involvement. But, written in Didion's beautiful prose, it does a good job encapsulating US involvement in a foreign crisis.

mollyot's review against another edition

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i have no idea how to review this. she definitely went to el salvador, i can tell you that much!
since reading salvador, i've watched an interview where she talks about writing it.
"i didn't come to any overwhelming conclusion about it... i mean, it was just a simple you go down, you report, that's all i was doing there. it was a very straightforward book... it was produced very fast, almost like a pamphlet."
so now i feel better about not having a lot to say.