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inwardandonward's review
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
My favorite way to learn about a current issue (whether it's social justice-related or something else) is through storytelling of a human experience of it. If you're like me, then The Devil's Highway is the perfect choice to learn about Mexican immigration into the US through the southern deserts. This book is heartbreaking, tense, informative, and thought-provoking. I really enjoyed how the author switched between telling the story of the group and all those who were involved with the rescue (extremely vividly, might I add) and explaining certain cultural aspects, governmental problems, the consequences of certain policies, and the effect of global events. This book will have me thinking about US immigration, the border, and the human-impacted fallout of these issues for a long time and has made me seek out other books on this topic.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, and Grief