ok, so i saw this book in a charity shop, and wanted to know more about Kuwait, so i got it. i thought it would be really tough to read, and obviously it’s never going to be… nice, but it wasn’t horrifying. i’m sure that what happened was really much worse, but the author felt it unnecessary or counter-productive to go into gory detail.

Overall, it has made me want to know more about the country itself, about the horrible things in war, and the politics behind it (and how a situation like that can be avoided).