Price Of Life eBook Nigel Brennan
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Captured by terrorists, kept in solitary confinement, guarded by men with AK47s and little respect for life. Could you survive it? Bundaberg photojournalist Nigel Brennan travels to Somalia with Canadian reporter Amanda Lindhout. They are abducted by a criminal gang, that puts a price of US$3 million on their heads. If it's not paid, they will be killed. And the Australian government does not pay ransoms. After more than a year of stalled negotiations, Nigel's family takes matters into their own hands. They go against government advice, scarifying their livelihoods, their houses and personal lives to bring the hostages home. Meanwhile, the kidnappers are losing patience. Brutalised, shackled, not knowing when or how the situation will end, Nigel faces the fight of his life. This is a story about what it takes to survive, and how far a family will go for freedom, whatever the price.
Price Of Life eBook Nigel Brennan
I really struggled to write something positive about this book. I really did. But, its hard to find in the badly-written prose which one is confronted by.Like many other readers, I purchased this book after reading Amanda Lindhout's "A House in the Sky" which chronicles the same kidnapping in Somalia which Nigel was involved in. Deeply impressed by Amanda's book, I ignored the negative reviews here, eager to learn about a family's perspective of such a challenging period. I should have saved my $10.
In sum, this book left me baffled as to why (presumably) a professional editor was not used to improve the text. The story itself is compelling, yet the quality of English so poor, I had to force myself to keep on turning the pages.
Firstly, grammatical errors abound. Two thirds of the book (those written by Nigel's sisters, Nicky and Kellie) are largely written seemingly directly from the authors' speech, with little thought given to the differences between spoken and written English. I lost track of the number of grammatical errors which appear throughout this book.
Secondly, I found the amount of Australian slang to be distracting. To me, it doesn't add any extra value or flavour to the story. In addition to a few somewhat common Australianisms such as abbreviating words such as "aggressive" to "aggro", the authors seem to have made up a few of their own, calling "negotiators", "negs". And as many before me have mentioned, the including of uncommon abbreviations (for government departments, for example) and new personalities without introduction further confuses the reader.
The above aside, I found it very difficult to be bombarded by the vitriol directed at the Australian government by Nigel's sisters. From all I read, the government contributed a huge amount of human resources (paid for with Australian tax payers money) to dealing with Nigel's kidnapping. While their support was sure to be less than perfect, I found it disappointing to not read even a smidgen of gratitude for the government's support. The criticism of Amanda in the beginning of the book was also unnecessary, given the circumstances.
I finished this book frustrated by the self-absorbion, anger and lack of reflection exhibited by two of the three authors. If you do purchase this book, I highly recommend focussing on the sections written by Nigel himself which outline the fear, isolation and deprivation he suffered over this 15 month period.
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Price Of Life eBook Nigel Brennan Reviews
I thought I would enjoy this book more since I had previously read Amanda Lindhout's version of this story and loved it. This book goes into great detail to describe the negotiations to get Amanda and Nigel out of Somalia. I found much of it confusing and drawn out not to mention all the Australian lingo a bit much. Very wordy - not a quick easy read.
Just finished Amanda Lindhout's book before reading Nigel's book. This is really a book about a family who loved each other in ways they could never imagine--- until Nigel was kidnapped in Somalia. Reading the accounts of Nigel's sister and sister-in-law was gut wrenching. An amazing family in all ways! Reading Amanda's book first was good for me because it gave me the basics of how anyone could just "happen" to be in Somalia. Both are well written books and take different aspects of the whole kidnapping experience. Read both books to get this story from all sides of the globe
The first book I read was by Amanda. She is very well written and descriptive. Without reading her side of the story first, this book would have been very dry---lots of acronyms, unfamiliar Australian slang, and more cut and dried. However, it presented an excellent view of the actual business of negotiating the ransom and family dynamics. So they are good companion books and present the whole ordeal of kidnapping and ransom in a way that the books hard to put down.
Another point of view of Amanda Linkhout's kidnapping and torture in Somalia. Nigel was also captured with Amanda (reference House in the Sky), but he tells more of the problems with getting released through the aid of Australian and Canadian family members and politicians.
After reading My House in the Sky i had wanted to get a precpective on Nigel impressions from him. I found the the family had a great deal of angst which made their point of view troubling to me. Would have preferred more of Nigel less of family.
Two stars because it is so horribly written and put together. This is a real shame because after you weed through most of the dribble and self absorbed back slapping there is some substance to be had. I also can not understand,why after the amount of reflection that had to go into putting this book together they still can't take personal ownership of this error of judgement. Instead they heap their blame at the governments of Canada and Australia.
A blow by blow account of what happened when Nigel B. and Amanda L. were kidnapped in Somalia. It also gives a blow by blow of what the family members went through trying to get them out of Somalia. It's an eye opener about the state of things in Somalia as well as what Western governments can and can't do to help.
Glad they made it out. Really sorry for what they went through.
In spite of the tough stuff in the story.....the authors manage to inject some humor at times.
Good book. Tough story.
I really struggled to write something positive about this book. I really did. But, its hard to find in the badly-written prose which one is confronted by.
Like many other readers, I purchased this book after reading Amanda Lindhout's "A House in the Sky" which chronicles the same kidnapping in Somalia which Nigel was involved in. Deeply impressed by Amanda's book, I ignored the negative reviews here, eager to learn about a family's perspective of such a challenging period. I should have saved my $10.
In sum, this book left me baffled as to why (presumably) a professional editor was not used to improve the text. The story itself is compelling, yet the quality of English so poor, I had to force myself to keep on turning the pages.
Firstly, grammatical errors abound. Two thirds of the book (those written by Nigel's sisters, Nicky and Kellie) are largely written seemingly directly from the authors' speech, with little thought given to the differences between spoken and written English. I lost track of the number of grammatical errors which appear throughout this book.
Secondly, I found the amount of Australian slang to be distracting. To me, it doesn't add any extra value or flavour to the story. In addition to a few somewhat common Australianisms such as abbreviating words such as "aggressive" to "aggro", the authors seem to have made up a few of their own, calling "negotiators", "negs". And as many before me have mentioned, the including of uncommon abbreviations (for government departments, for example) and new personalities without introduction further confuses the reader.
The above aside, I found it very difficult to be bombarded by the vitriol directed at the Australian government by Nigel's sisters. From all I read, the government contributed a huge amount of human resources (paid for with Australian tax payers money) to dealing with Nigel's kidnapping. While their support was sure to be less than perfect, I found it disappointing to not read even a smidgen of gratitude for the government's support. The criticism of Amanda in the beginning of the book was also unnecessary, given the circumstances.
I finished this book frustrated by the self-absorbion, anger and lack of reflection exhibited by two of the three authors. If you do purchase this book, I highly recommend focussing on the sections written by Nigel himself which outline the fear, isolation and deprivation he suffered over this 15 month period.
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