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Hinterland: A Novel (2012)

by Caroline Brothers(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

160819678X (ISBN13: 9781608196784)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

review 1: Hinterland is a novel but I think taken from real life happenings. It describes the horror and havoc war visits on countries and families when it leaves two brothers orphaned and compelled to leave their home to seek a safer place.Then the book spotlights the predation of children as the two brothers are forced to work on a farm from dawn to dusk on starvation rations.They also have to dodge the pedophiles.Hinterland is not a book for the faint hearted but in many places in the world it is happening.
review 2: This is the story of 2 brothers,one 14 and one 8, and the long and arduous, not to mention dangerous, journey they undertake in order to find a better life outside of Taliban controlled Afghanistan. They somehow survive cold, hunger, and those who take a... moredvantage of them, in hopes of reaching England where they can go to school, and be free. Whenever I finish a book that opens my eyes to the plight of those in other parts of the world, that helps me to empathize, to understand, or to be more aware, I feel it is time well spent. I can appreciate this book for those reasons. Yet, I couldn't help feeling as if something was lacking in the writing that I just couldn't put my finger on. While I did feel for the characters, I wasn't as moved as I have been by similar books like A Thousand Splendid Suns or Mornings in Jenin. I was always conscious that I was reading a book, rather than feeling as if I was in it. Had the author chosen to write it all in first person, rather than third, it might be different (the end is written in first person and is the most moving part of it all). However, that being said, the story itself is an important one, and I would recommend it to anyone. less

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