A review by olivetales
Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War by Molly Crabapple, Marwan Hisham

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

This is an incredible book and an outstanding memoir. The author relates his experiences with crushing detail, exactitude, and also a great deal of compassion and nuance. I never felt that he was casting judgements against people caught up in terrible circumstances, and he articulated the ways that peoples confined options placed them in impossible situations. The illustrations are also beautiful. Giving this a 5 ranking also because it feels to be an important book-- a rare account of a conflict that has been written about from imperialized perspectives far too often.