Sherry G. (Shervivor) - , reviewed on 11/5/2013 + 97 more book reviews

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This is a book that when you finish it you will say "Wow. Just wow." If you have any interest in the Kim dynasty of North Korea and the effects they have had on generations of North Koreans then this is a MUST READ. This is the true story of the only man to have been born inside a North Korean prison camp, Shin, and to eventually escape from the camp and North Korea. This is such a remarkable occurrence because there are millions of North Koreans held inside these camps and entire generations of people have been born inside of the camps and have never known freedom They do not even know that there is an outside world with happiness, love and compassion. The children that are born inside these Camps are conditioned from birth to trust no one, not even their parents. Their entire knowledge of life is a lie forcibly ingrained in them on the instructions of the mighty Kims. Even for escaped prisoners that were not born into the camps adjusting to freedom is extremely difficult, but can you imagine what it was like for Shin? What this book left with me was the understanding that the entire world is sitting by while the Kim dynasty commits horrific human rights atrocities against its own people and no one seems to care. Too bad they do not have oil, gold or any highly sought after commodity, otherwise you can bet the US Government would have gone in and pushed out the Kims many years ago. It is sickening for me to know we are giving aid to oil rich countries but we offer no aid to these people whose only crime was to be born under the control of the Kims.

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