book review : brotherless night
Genre: Historical fiction Reading age: 16+ Rating: 8/10 You’ll like this if you’ve read: A Thousand Splendid Suns I recently joined my work book club and our April book was chosen by a random generator and landed on Brotherless Night. At first I had low expectations, as I didn’t know much of Sri Lanka’s history or the author but after reading the first page I was hooked. It’s not everyday you get in the mind of a ‘terrorist’. That being said, calling someone a terrorist is very nuanced. I definitely believe in the grey area between terrorism and freedom fighting, however once we refrain from using it as a noun and rather a verb, it becomes pretty clear. This book shows that anyone inflicting terror on another, regardless of the motivations can be deemed a terrorist, whether part of a militant group, the government or an international peacekeeping regime. It shows us that freedom from oppression cannot be gained through oppressing another. It even highlights how non violent tactics can ...