Nothing to Envy Book Reviews

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Nothing to Envy. This book was really well told. I enjoyed learning how this difficult way of life was through the shoes of each one interviewed. All the while: it wasn't depressing. I have recommended it to people I feel would appreciate it as much as I did. It's an important read.

Little better than gossip.. The book Pretends to describe life in the North Korean state but only deals with a sort of homey small minded gossip with little or no informed history of what is happening at the national and international levels, politically or economically. All the author has to offer are descriptions of people eating weeds to survive and that sort of thing doesnt really tell you much you didn't already know. Sadly, it just gets very repetitive and boring. If you get a chance to miss it, take it!

Two thumbs up. This book gives names and faces to a country that we know very little about. It really draws you in with every detail. I love how the author is telling multiple stories at one time. She makes it feel as though you are hiking up a mountain and taking in all the views on your way. I loved the book! I feel as though I had no idea about North Korea and now I can't wait to tell other people what's going on. Definitely read this book! You will no regret it.

Nothing To Envy. This book is riveting! I could not put it down! Reading this book, made me want to become a humanitarian. I want to shout from the rooftops, "Please HELP these people!" But nothing will change as long as Kim Jong-Un is in power. He, and certainly his father before him, are a cancer to their people. He makes every evil dictator you have heard of previously seem ordinary. Read the book. Become aware.

Great book. As somebody who lived in south korea for 4 years, and fascinated with the overall dis interest of the South Korean youth of North Korean hardships, I think this book is a must read!

Didn't want to put this book down!. From start to finish this is a fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable book. The author paints North Korea in such vivid detail that I feel like I have been there.

Nothing to Envy. I read this book after watching the special on North Korea on Frontline. Well written and held my interest. I had trouble putting it down. It was made even more interesting because of the present (so called) leader of North Korea being in the news lately. It always boggles my mind how these people manage to brainwash so many for so long. The author does an excellent job explaining how. Truly a touching account of the lives of six different defectors and what they went thru.

Humbling. I read this book on the recommendation of David Sedaris on his Facebook page. It is incredible. I highly recommend it. It certainly makes me humbled and thankful for what we have and makes me rethink when I open my stocked refrigerator an drink "there's nothing here I feel like eating. "

Good one. I love that this author gave so much background and history to why events happened in North Korea. She did a great job of intertwining history and multiple defectors stories.

Fascinating. What incredible stories and insights into this hermetically sealed nation.

Stunning Book. You may be thinking this is likely to be a depressing book...nothing could be further from the truth. You will me immersed into and fascinated by the bizarre world of NK. Buy it and you won't be sorry.

I feel better.... No matter how bad life gets here in the states (job loss, deaths in the family, hunger) you will never have it as bad as they do in North K. great read, made me happy for the life I have.

A Well-Written Exposé of a Brutal Regime. Ms. Demick reports on the chilling brutality of the North Korean regime, three generations of a family of megalomaniacs ruling now for more than 60 years. Though I had reservations when I began the book that it might fall short -- based on the accessibility of a small number of North Koreans only after they have escaped North Korea -- I thought Ms. Demick constructed a richly detailed and broad enough portrait of everyday life in North Korea. One can only hope that the solution to the Korean peninsula's partition is peaceful; even if it is peaceful, the reunification process will be difficult and costly.

Nothing to envy. Very interesting book. How the Korean people have endured their misery astounds me.

Stunning!. What a compete picture! From those that, secretly, never believed in the regime to those that were true believers and how they all come to realize the truth.

Fascinating read. If you're as much interested in North Korea as I am, you will appreciate this book. Wonderfully written!

Powerful book, must read for NK observers. Good annotated bibliography with standard yet a good breadth of sources. The people of whom the author writes come alive, and so North Korea comes alive.

Excellent. If you have any desire to read about N. Korea, this is the book!

Amazing Stories of Survival. This is such an amazing book full of stories of survival. It is truly amazing to know that these events are not only real, but that they have happened within my lifetime. I have a new respect and understanding of the struggles the North Korean people face from their government. This book is a must read! Well written!

Nothing to Envy: A Fascinating Read. This book turned out to be a real page-turner. The book held my interest from the first to the last page. The author is certainly an accomplished writer who knows how to keep her reader very interested. I have read several books about North Korea in the past, and by far this one is the best of the group.

Nothing ToEnvy. A fascinating portrayal of life and society in the enigmatic worldof North Korea. Every page compelling and fascinating. Highly recommended.

Nothing to envy. A wonderful book that tugs at your heart

Eye-opener about life in North Korea. This book is riveting. I had no idea that life in North Korea is and has been as bad as it is. No electricity, no glass for replacement windows, no transportation, no mobility, no food (not even rice), no paycheck, no freedom, no medicine -- no anything. Slowly starving their citizens to death, imprisoning their citizens for trying to obtain sufficient food or get out, and executing their rivals have been the unconscionable hobbies of the Kim "dynasty" for 3 generations. The horror of watching everyone around you starve to death is very vivid in these intertwining stories of defectors who survived and thrive in South Korea.

Great book. If you're interested in North Korea and its people then this is the book for you. I consider myself pretty well versed in North Korea and this book continually taught me new things.

Enthralling and eye-opening. Very interesting, well-researched book. I could never understand how people could stand for such a corrupt government and not revolt. However, now I understand after reading the personal accounts in this book. The people in that country live in constant fear, not just for their own lives, but also for all the lives of their families.

Eye opener.... Brilliantly and interestingly written. Very Informative, I couldn't fathom how miserable life can be any where other than in Iran but wow...this beat anything imaginative to it.

Masterful and illuminating. Following a recommendation, I downloaded Ms. Demick's book. While I've been. A sully familiar with the situation of North Korea, this book gave human shape and depth to that initial knowledge. Definitely worth your time and consideration...

Compelling!. Another jaw-dropping example of truth being far stranger than fiction. Kudos to Ms. Demick for doing such great investigative legwork in order to be able to bring us these stories; then for weaving them together such that we experience an "up-close and personal" look at what life is like in the prison known as North Korea. I couldn't put this book down!

Glimpse of life in DPRK. In “Nothing to Envy” author Barbara Demick presents a compelling narrative of what day-to-day life is like for many in North Korea. For the U.S. military reader, the vivid descriptions of the desperate plight of so many living under a repressive regime gives a better sense of understanding and empathy for the people of The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and a more refined sense of purpose on why it continues to be important for the U.S. to help underwrite the security of South Korea. From a military planning perspective though, the book gives a better understating of the colossal scope of humanitarian assistance and stabilization operations that will be required in the event of a North Korean regime change and reunification, either with, or without, preceding combat operations. I enjoyed the description of life in modern day North Korea though the lives of a handful of different people. My only complaint is that all were defectors, understandably disenfranchised with life under the current Kim dynasty. It would have been interesting to also hear the uncensored side of party members in the higher echelons of the social hierarchy of North Korea who still actively support the government.. Of course that is not something that the North Korean regime would have allowed, but I think it would quite interesting to hear the views of some of the people who actively work to to maintain the status quo.

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Fascinating. For those interested in learning about North Korea, this book is it. Well written, eye opening and captivating.

Fnatastic Read. Very good narrative of North Korea by those who lived through some of the worst times of the country's history. The stories are gut-wrenching, and it takes the read on a very emotional ride. You feel sorry for those depicted in the stories, then you realize that they were in fact the lucky ones, the ones who didn't die as a result of the Kim regime, the ones who managed to get out of NK successfully. And therein lies the most important message of this book, that even the "lucky" ones are in a terrible, terrible condition.