Helpful Score: 4
Wonderful book! I stayed up half the night reading it and didn't want it to end. I was very interested in Loung's story, but wondered with all the foreign names (large family) and places, would I get them all confused, but I didn't. It was very well-written with a satisfying ending. By the end, I felt the story was "complete."
Sharon D. (booklit) reviewed First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.) on + 473 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I could not put this book down. Break out the tissues. I do not know how people have the resolve to survive such horrible conditions. Loung is amazing .Do not miss this book.
Sherry G. (Shervivor) -
Helpful Score: 2
This book is heart wrenching. It was an extremely depressing book to read. This is the true story of a child that survived the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot. I am amazed at how resilient the people of Cambodia are, especially after reading Luong's story. It seems that many survivors never even mention those four years in the late 70's when the world went crazy allowing a psychotic man to kill millions of people. I am just a couple of years older than Luong and during the time she was struggling for her life I was here safe in the US, a child with everything I could possibly want. The children of Cambodia were watching their families be murdered, were starving, were being trained as soldiers. I recommend this book because the more aware we are of genocide the more likely we are to step in when the next Pol Pot tries to create an "ideal" society.
Angela M. (urowndisaster467) reviewed First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.) on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
If you love reading memoirs you should definately read this one. This was a very sad, but touching story. I couldn't put it down.
Sarah W. (SwSe86) -
Helpful Score: 1
This book touched my heart! I cried many times hearing the terrible things that happened during the Khmer Rouge regime. My heart goes out to all those whose lives have been touched by it.
Warning though this book can be graphic and is very sad!!
Warning though this book can be graphic and is very sad!!
