Status Updates From They Poured Fire on Us From...

I actually read to page 136 on December 7th but am just now updating after getting back into reading this book, and the fact that I'm still not even halfway to finishing this story after all of the bombardment and suffering that these boys have had to go through so far is astonishing. I was confused as to why they'd be targeted by Ethiopian forces, but that's the point. They're confused and scared too.

bro this is sad

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As hard of a read that this is, I really cannot stop thinking about this book and wanting to continue reading it. I found that exchange between Alepho and Peter on 116 to also stand out to me, especially considering Alepho was only five or six? "You have to think about what brought you here. You can't complain about being a hen; you have to do everything to stay alive."

Not even a third-way through the book and this is such a hard-read but obviously as it should be. The glossing-over of the quantity of deaths of such young boys is actually devastating and the detail of that boy Baak going crazy over his family's deaths is actually one of the saddest things I've ever read. The next part where Alepho talks about the girl and getting another detail of how inhumane the war is... wow.