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He is so so compassionate… the stories just keep bringing tears to my eyes, this is just the kind of content I shy away from on the internet because it upsets me to see it, although I do always think about them and even share the stories to raise awareness. All the while, I can’t bear to linger a glance on them. I’m glad I get the chance to face it now.

It’s so painful to read… I feel headache and glimmers of trauma based off my own traumatic experiences, which no doubt cannot compare to the Darayans’ but is enough for me to feel nauseated and sick… it’s so powerful that much of the vignettes are told in verbose chunks from the interviewees, so real and powerful… I am so awed and inspired and feel more in love with the world.

Not used to reading books about modern political history that aren’t granular / nuanced to an approximate scholarly understanding. But the format is very engaging and visceral, we actually need more of such books to align ourselves with humanity itself at multiple levels including the emotional.