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A review by rosaliez_reads
Siberian Education: Growing Up in a Criminal Underworld by Nicolai Lilin
5.0
This is one of the most astonishing and unique books I’ve ever read… I can truly say I have never read anything even remotely like this and I had to remind myself numerous times of the fact that this is not a work of fiction but a memoir. The author wove this story in such a creative and masterful way; his storytelling seemed to demonstrate a part of the culture he was writing to us about without obviously doing so. I loved learning about a culture and people I didn’t even know existed, and this certainly will have you questioning traditional ideas of right and wrong!
TW (male rape and abuse): if you read this, there is one chapter which describes his time in juvenile prison that is extremely brutal and graphic and may be VERY disturbing and cause emotional damage
TW (male rape and abuse): if you read this, there is one chapter which describes his time in juvenile prison that is extremely brutal and graphic and may be VERY disturbing and cause emotional damage