|
 Child Soldier - China Keitetsi
Newest Review: ... skipping school and fighting left the author singularly unqualified to write a compelling or readable autobiography and ... more  ... desperately in need of a good ghost writer and some tougher editing.
China Keitetsi was born in Uganda, and 'brought up' (in the loosest sense of the word) by a violent father and a manipulative and deceitful step-mother. She ran away to find her real mother but was so scared that her mother and her neighbours would 'eat her' that she ran away again, finding herself 'co-opted' into the National Resistance Army of M.V. Museveni. All of this by the age of eight! The army exploited small children as fully fledged and extreme...more |
||
Read Reviews for Child Soldier - China Keitetsi
Child Soldier - China Keitetsi: A rotten life, badly written (1257 words)
by - written on 17/07/08 (Very useful, 138 readings)
Rating:
What is it about misery that makes for such compelling reading? Tales of miserable lives and particularly miserable childhoods fill the shelves of the nation's bookshelves. Remember 'Angela's Ashes', filled with grubby little Irish children picking coal off the streets and drinking their tea out of jam jars? Or Dave Peltzer kicking off a glut of impassioned shock-lit, stuffed full of physical, mental and sexual abuse, each book striving to be more shocking than the one before? It reminds those of us old enough to remember of the Monty Python sketch in which a bunch of northerners compete over who had the worst childhood - "We were so poor we lived in a paper bag at ... Read the complete review
Products similar to Child Soldier - China Keitetsi
fantastically written, 
not a subject for everyone The quotes made me cry at the end Everything really, badly written, badly structured, badly edited A very readable and inspiring story Not the most likeable of characters Tackles difficult issues often ignored by conventional text books At times shocking and makes me angry. learn a lot about early 20th century life sections a bit disjointed Interesting read, good if you're a Cheryl fan Not good if you don't like Cheryl, a bit embellishedExodus - Julie Bertagna
Great relatable storyline full of excitement Takes a while to reach a climax
Donkey's Busy Day - Natalie Russell
great book for sharing None!
Collins Compact Italian Dictionary
Great handy little dictionary which beats the pocket-sized versions obviously not as comprehensive as your gigantic dictionaries
Lucky - Alice Sebold
Inspiring Painful to read sometimes
Merrily Watkins: To Dream of the Dead - Phil Rickman
Good characters, interesting look at religion and paganism Hard to pick up unless you have read previous books in the series
The Rabbi's Daughter: A True Story of Sex, Drugs and Orthodoxy - Reva Mann
great story, very educaational none
Opening Skinner's Box - Lauren Slater
good insight into human behaviour, nice introduction to psychology innacurate at times, convoluted writiing style
Possession - Peter James
Full of suspense and mystery Story lacked direction and was very confusing
Sir Preschool: the Snowball - J. Armstrong
Fun, Repetitive Bit Tricky for a Total Beginner
How to Lose a Husband: and Gain a Life - Bernadette Strachan
Super story, great characters, enjoyable, I couldn't put it down! None
Advantages and disadvantages from the dooyooCommunity
Home - About dooyoo.co.uk - Advertising - Contact dooyoo - Terms and Conditions
dooyoo Europe:
Deutschland 
España 
Italia 
France - Sitemap - Product Index
