Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

319 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced

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What if the world imagined by George Orwell in Nineteen eighty-four was real?What if everything around you was black and white except for the red letters on propaganda signs? Where spies like Orwell′s Thought Police studied your facial expressions...

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informative 84%
sad 61%
dark 55%
emotional 55%
reflective 42%
challenging 35%
tense 18%
inspiring 9%
adventurous 5%
hopeful 5%
mysterious 1%

Pace

medium 66%
slow 22%
fast 10%

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