Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden

BATB score: 7/10 😱

reader discretion advised: not for the faint-hearted; painful tales of children born in North Korea concentration camps

Best as: from reading so many North Korea escapee stories, this one stands out as he had to escape from the concentration camps first and only then escaped from North Korea like the other escapee stories

Best for: North Korea stories enthusiast

Best to: scarier than North Korea is today’s genocide in Gaza; scarier because this is globally broadcasted and we all are silently witnessing

Best quotes: “There is no ‘human rights issue’ in this country, as everyone leads the most dignified and happy life.”

“Love and mercy and family were words without meaning.”

“Just as horrifying was the world’s indifference to the existence of North Korea’s labor camps.”

“I escaped physically, I haven’t escaped psychologically.”