book 50 – Beasts of No Nation
I’ll get straight to it: I hated this book. Its the story of a Agu, young boy (age unknown, but perhaps around 8?) who is kidnapped by a warlord in an African country that is in the middle of a brutal civil war. Agu is forced to be a soldier for the rebel group and to perform unspeakable acts of violence against the innocent villagers of his country, all the while being starved, tortured and raped by the warlord who captured him. It was horrifying and disturbing, and did nothing to help me understand the issue or how to take action to change it.
I am actually not entirely sure what I am supposed to do with this book, other than wish I had never read it.
Rating: Skip it. You should probably skip the movie, too.
