Review: This Life or the Next

This Life or the Next by Demian Vitanza
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was one of the ebooks I received for free from Amazon's World Book Day 2019.

A very intriguing story and perspective I have never read about before. It seems like the translation captures Tariq's voice very well and makes him a relatable narrator. The references to Tariq telling how the writer should write his story are cute and interesting. I appreciate Vitanza's decision to include them (and maybe to create more).

This is really a great representative for a World Book with the main character spending time recounting his time in Norway, Pakistan, his trip by van to Syria as well as the supporting characters from all over the globe, both in his foreigner friends in Norway and the foreign fighters in Syria.

The way Vitanza came across the story, teaching a writing workshop in prison, is quite a story in itself. This must be a really good outlet for prisoners that I hope but not sure is available broadly.

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