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Title: Thura's Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq
ISBN: 0670058866
Author:
Thura al-Windawi
Publicate Date: 2004-03-08
Publish: 2004-03-08
List Price: $15.99
Average Customer Rating: 2.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: Bad book
This is the most shallow, superficial 'diary' I have ever read. No emotion, no detail, nothing. For what this girl supposedly went through, she seems pretty nonchalant. If you want to read a book that describes the war in Iraq with some real emotion, try "What Was Asked of Us...An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Faught It."
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2: Thura's Diary is very insightful!
Thura's Diary by Thura Al-Windawi is the diary of a nineteen year-old girl living in Iraq during the Iraqi War. She tells about changes in her life once American soldiers entered Iraq. Thura describes how she feels and what she sees during wartime Iraq. Also she explains changes for women. For example during the war especially women were being kidnapped if they weren't wearing a headscarf.
This book is really enjoyable and as a high school student it was really easy to connect with Thura. Thura's Diary gives you an idea of what it's like to live in a wartime country. Her book contains a lot of social value especially for Americans because you receive an idea of what is actually happening in Iraq from a young Iraqi woman's perspective. Like Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird Thura also realizes that she has to grow up to be strong for her seven year-old sister, Sama. This book is a good quick read and deserves three stars.
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3: Mock Up
I read this as a required piece for a freshman sociology class in college. My class read this in depth, held class discussions several days, and wrote a six page paper on the book. I had serious problems writing a thoughtful, insightful paper on this book because I felt that there wasn't much there that wasn't written for an audience. Thura wrote what the audience wanted to hear. While many people find this a good book, I thought it might work better as a piece of fiction, such as the Dear America series of books. Actually, some of those have seemed more realistic than this book. It is a well written book; it just doesn't feel real. I can't remember the last time I explained simple games I play all of the time, or wrote in my diary as though my diary were about six years old.
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4: Disappointing.
I do not wish to trivialize the war experiences that Iraqi's have suffered. However, this book does not do justice to the many situations faced by war survivors. The book is trivial, poorly written, and has very little insight into the motives and effects of actions taken during the war.
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5: A touching book for young teens like me...
This book shares the thoughts of a college-age girl about the war in Iraq. It showed me how bad it truly is to be in a war. I encourage all young teens like me (I'm 14) to read this book.
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