A review by davinareads
Between Everything and Nothing: The Journey of Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal and the Quest for Asylum by Joe Meno
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
A book filled with a lot of history but I think it was the wrong book for me at this time. I found it to be educational but the not exciting kind.
Do not get me wrong, while I found this book to be on the slower side it was eye opening to read a realistic story of 2 immigrants leaving their home country to seek asylum in Canada. The experience is something I will never come close to having and it made me realize how lucky I am to have been born in Canada where I can be safe.
The unimaginable journey through borders with endless threats makes our main characters extremely brave. The unexpected crudity of humankind is hard to believe. Money is what the police speak and fear is what our asylum seekers have to keep going every time.
This book wasn't jiving with me because it was slow and repetitive (which makes it realistic). After a while, it fell into a pattern and I could no longer distinguish our two main characters apart. While the struggle and hardship of the journey was captured, I wanted a bit more story to it other than a long endless trek. I understand not everything is fast paced and I would put this on me for not reading more on what this story is about.
Overall, this just wasn't for me.
Do not get me wrong, while I found this book to be on the slower side it was eye opening to read a realistic story of 2 immigrants leaving their home country to seek asylum in Canada. The experience is something I will never come close to having and it made me realize how lucky I am to have been born in Canada where I can be safe.
The unimaginable journey through borders with endless threats makes our main characters extremely brave. The unexpected crudity of humankind is hard to believe. Money is what the police speak and fear is what our asylum seekers have to keep going every time.
This book wasn't jiving with me because it was slow and repetitive (which makes it realistic). After a while, it fell into a pattern and I could no longer distinguish our two main characters apart. While the struggle and hardship of the journey was captured, I wanted a bit more story to it other than a long endless trek. I understand not everything is fast paced and I would put this on me for not reading more on what this story is about.
Overall, this just wasn't for me.