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I have to say the first 3/4 of this book is the best cure for insomnia going. There is far too much about pakistani history and the life of Malala's family. She claims to have decided at a very young age that she would not conform to the Islamic expectations of women - I suspect she was brought up to feel like that because of the way her father, in particular, treated her and that this was less a decision of hers than one of her father's. I find the writing contradictory sometime very mature and
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I am so impressed by Malala Yousafzi and was eager to learn more about her and the circumstances under which she lived. The book fills in a lot of detail about daily life in her hometown of Swat and the changes that happened when the Taliban came. But the voice and tone of the book do not work well. Probably because the book is co-written by Malala and a journalist, it feels formulaic (describe Malala, show she's like everyone else because she argues with her brother, etc.) and stilted. The book
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Very interesting, especially to understand the political situation in Pakistan at the moment, and why it's so complicated.
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