This book and all the information contained within it is incredibly powerful and eye-opening. The fact that we follow these two very real men, their pain, their families and their internal and external conflict with the countries they love is raw, emotive and grounding. I did find that the format of this book did alter my ties to the various narratives; as sections abruptly ended I was pulled out of the moment and my connection which I found hard to recapture when we were to revisit the scene in a later section. This is possibly the only book I've read (so far) with such a very unique composition and I can definitely appreciate the sheer scale of effort that has been placed within these pages.
3.5 stars.


Disclaimer: I had a long break in the middle of this book as my library loan had to be returned and I had to wait in the long queue to reborrow it to complete it, whether this caused me to lose momentum and connection with the narrative is completely possible.