Unbroken
Ratings241
Average rating4.4
đọc mà nước mắt cứ rưng rưng 🥺 mọi người phải cảm nhận truyện từ góc nhìn của Louis, mới thấy phát xít kinh khủng tới mức nào… An uncomfortable but great read.
DNF about 50%. I can appreciate a great story but just wasn't my type of read! Incredible man though.
Felt a bit surreal reading a book that describes very vividly a bloody war and half-way through it an actual bloody fucking war starts. The book itself is interesting, but I guess there was nothing new in it. It was the same as reading the 7th book about Holocaust. After a point, you've already read about all there is to know.
What an absolutely amazing, well written, and heart-breaking book. This is not a book to read quickly and not one to rush through and ignore parts of. Every piece, every word should be taken in and contemplated.
My heart is heavy and tears fell often during this one. War is never an easy subject and this book will definitely leave you thinking and feeling deeply.
Holy cow - if you think your day was bad? This dude is unbelievable. The book is 100x better than the movie.
I haven't read a lot about the Pacific front of WW2, and wow was this one sobering. It was shocking to think of the amount of men who died just in training in the B-24s, and once they got in the field the casualties were horrific. Sure makes me thankful for how many of the men faced death with a smile on their faces just to keep a totalitarian society at bay.
If you're considering this for a younger reader, do grab the young reader copy. This one does have some torture scenes that are pretty horrid to think of.
I especially loved how hearing and accepting the Gospel totally changes Louie's future. What a beautiful testimony: the world saw him as a hero, but Louie himself was stuck in the past and couldn't move forward until after he met Jesus at a Billy Graham revival.
Content:
lots of torture (weep)
fairly heavy cursing
It took me a few years to get past my usual aversion to war memoirs, but I'm glad I finally read Unbroken. It reads like a novel, gripping, scary (sharks OMG) and moving. Historically, it filled in a lot of the blanks in my knowledge about Japanese POW camps; I had always gathered that they were bad, bid never knew the extent of the horror those POWs lived through. The story is beyond inspiring.
Wow. Just, wow. Each of Louis' ordeals seems to crush the previous in terms of hardship and his response. The timeline is unthinkable. Most of the major incidents his life, as retold in this book, occur within a few short years of his youth. Such highs and lows seem like they would crush a human spirit, and he is crushed. His recovery and ascendence to peace makes the story heartwarming even as there is unspeakable cruelty within.
I'd recommend this book to folks interested in history, running (you'll be impressed), and life stories. I'm thankful that my dentist recommended this book several years ago and that I found it.
Strong 4 1/2. The audio is read by Edward Herman, which is such a delight, as his dignified and classical delivery is so perfectly suited to the story. Liz and I listened to this on a car trip together, and it took much longer to get through because we kept having to pause for exclamations and discussions (recommended!). The story is so fantastical, I was on the edge of my seat on what happened next to him and his friends in the story. I also appreciated the historical details. Though they did slow the story, I learned from them and they inspired a lot of great discussions. Glad this is on the HBOB list!
What an incredibly well-told piece of history by Laura Hillenbrand about world-class runner and World War II POW survivor Louis Zamperini! This was a difficult book to read and just as difficult to put down. Zamperini's plane crash in the ocean, weeks lost at sea, and years as a Japanese POW all show the remarkable will to not only survive, but to live through the pain and suffering and degradation of the human spirit he had to endure.
Hillenbrand is an excellent writer and I am determined now to read her other best-selling novel, “Seabiscuit” as soon as I can.
I had a lot of reasons to be interested in this book, not in the least being that my grandpa served in the Pacific Theater during WWII. I think the war in Europe often overshadows the war in the Pacific, so whenever I see something set in that area of the world I'm interested. And then, of course, to have this be such an epic true story makes it an even more rewarding read.
I think if I didn't know that this was a true story, I'd pan it a bit for being unbelievable - the sequence of events that make up Zamparini's life just seem incredible, and his ability to survive and ultimately forgive make for compelling reading. I did feel like there were a few points - in the beginning particularly - where the narrative was a bit slow, but I can forgive those small issues in light of an otherwise wonderful book. This was definitely a story I won't soon forget. Highly recommended.
This was an incredibly well written book. It is so heartbreaking to me what these men went through, and yet inspiring that they were able to find a way to face every challenge with a sense of hope. It is also a story of compassion and forgiveness. Truly amazing. Thank you to all of the men and women that put themselves at risk to protect our freedom.
The story is inspiring and amazing. The writing style was a bit basic, written like a children's book at times, which was a little irritating. It is well worth the read, though.
I like how Laura Hillenbrand tells about Louis Zamperini who defied adversity gives the full details about a very special man.
One of the most incredible books I have ever read. Louis Zamperini's story is an emotional rollercoaster. Every chapter seemed to bring twists that left me incredulous. Laura Hillenbrand's excellent writing and thorough research did this great story justice. This story of perseverance, indomitable will, and unbelievable forgiveness is a great read for many audiences. I highly recommend this book...5 stars isn't enough.
Just when I thought it couldn't get any more unbelievable it did. absolutely incredible the things that this man had to face and endure. especially liked the section near the end to hear the impact of Billy Graham on his life.
I could not put this book down. At times unbelievable and at others heartbreaking! Well worth it in the end!
Great book, well-researched, heart-wrenching, thought-provoking, and inspiring.
What a great story -this is a highly inspirational page-turner.
If you have not read this book and know anyone who fought in WWII, I strongly recommend this book. I had not read Unbroken until recently nor Hillenbrand's other book, Sea Biscuit, but I now know why both became long-standing best sellers.
Short Review: This was a very good book. I have had it on my kindle shelf for a while but just couldn't get myself to read another horrible war story. It is pretty graphic at times, but there is a sense of hope in the writing, in part because you know that he is going to live. (Or at least I did because he came and read a letter from the end of the book at my church during a sermon on forgiveness.
My full review at http://bookwi.se/unbroken-hillenbrand/
I also have a review of the movie on my blog at http://bookwi.se/unbroken-movie-review/