I found this book to be a really interesting perspective of North Korea. We get so little information about the country and nothing like this, a foreigner who lived there for several months, albeit in a very limited teaching role. I thought it was absolutely fascinating and I flew through this book in a day. It was a really easy read and the fact that the author is a journalist really shows in her writing style.

The reason this got four stars instead of five from me was that I found myself wanting a little more from this book. She asked a lot of rhetorical questions (eg. does it really help the boys if I open their minds to the outside world?) and I didn't expect answers, but I felt a lot of it could have used deeper reflection and discussion. Some of those rhetorical questions seemed a bit too surface level and didn't delve further into the issues, in addition to being a bit repetitive.

But overall, I found this book incredibly worthwhile and would highly recommend. I definitely gained a lot from having read this.