A review by nelli_lakatos
The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee, David John

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

β€œπ’―π’½π‘’ π’Ήπ’Άπ“‡π“€π‘’π“ˆπ“‰ π“ˆπ“…π‘œπ“‰ 𝒢𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒢𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒢𝓃𝒹𝓁𝑒.”

A raw, and brutally honest tale of courage and an incredible generous help of a stranger that changes everything. 

The most saddest part was to know that this is her true story. That all of these unspeakable things happened to her. I can’t even imagine how difficult her life was as a young girl growing up in North Korea. It was like reading a fictional story, I didn’t wanted to believe that it can be real. It definitely made me even more grateful for how amazing and easy of a childhood I had. Of course I had my own battles as a kid but nothing like things discussed in the book. 

I got so emotional by how beautiful the ending of this story was that I even teared up. She fought so much for her family and freedom, it was truly the most moving and inspiring book. 

It’s feels weird to say that I loved this book, it was difficult to read all the things the author’s been through but I really enjoyed reading about it and how she overcame her struggles. I highly recommend reading her story to everyone!