Beasts of No Nation Movie Tie-In

from whitreidtan

When we sit in our comfortable homes, on our cozy couches, warm, dry, and full, it is hard to imagine lives other than our own. Even if we see the horrific ways that some people are forced to live on television, it all feels very removed from us. But when we encounter it in a book, we are right t...

from getupkid10

Written in pidgin English, and taking place in an unnamed African nation, Beasts of No Nation is the first person account of a child, Agu, forced to take part in a brutal war that he doesn't fully understand. As the book progresses, Agu is sodomized by his general and is forced to become a killin...

from countrylife

Young Agu lives a regular life in West Africa, with books and a family who loves one another. As civil war encroaches on their existence, Agu is captured and forced into soldier-hood with the ones who ravage their village, under a cruel and twisted leader. The author skillfully shows the thoughts...

from ben.digman

A truly impressive novel that thrusts readers first-hand into the life of an African child soldier. Written from perspective of the child himself, poorly constructed English and all, Beasts of No Nation pulls no punches in detailing the hopelessness and pure vile that too many young people face i...

from Whisper1

This is a book that punches. Carolyn (MusciMom41) is spot on with her comment that this is not a book for the faint hearted. It is savagely horrific, harrowingly heartbreaking, violently visceral and chillingly claustrophobic. With these terms, you might wonder why I rate it five stars. The answe...