Ok, so for English class we are now reading "First They Killed My Father a daughter of Cambodia remembers" the title is kind of long and sounds really sad.
NOTE: if you have not read the book and don't want me to spoil the book for you DO NOT read this.
Before we started reading this book our teacher told us that the book is not as sad as it sounds, now I think she meant the book is sadder than it sounds and unpleasant. It is a really descriptive book that Loung the protagonist and author of the book relates her story of when the Khmer Rouge took over Phnom Penh, what happen to her family and what they had to do in order to not get killed or starve to death.
I personally find the book very unpleasant and sad because lots of her family members die and the descriptions about some things are very detailed, for example:
If Loung (protagonist) sees a rotten dead body it will be describe in a lot of detail and even smells.
If Loung (protagonist) sees a rotten dead body it will be describe in a lot of detail and even smells.
But at the same time I find it very interesting since she is telling something which is true, it is a real story and it makes you realize that “wow, I could not believe through what this people have gone through” (that is what I personally think).