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“The most inspiring book I've read this year - a must-read. ”
Nick S wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“An interesting autobiographical story of human degradation by goverment and the endurance and hope that can survive within one in terrible circumstances. The life and escape of a French prisoner on the Devil's Island penal colony off the coast of French Guyana.”
Bill C wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Superb book. It tells you never to loose hope and keep trying and you surely will succeed eventually. ”
perknima wrote this review Thursday, November 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“want freedom.........................when I get it that in the world....”
nidhish wrote this review Wednesday, November 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Real life experience. what an adventurous life he had. he has good stories ”
tamizh a wrote this review Thursday, October 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“One of my favorite books i've read. This is because it was such an amazing story and always had a lot of action. They also had a movie that i watched and thought was very cool. I'd recommend this book to any one who likes non-fiction books full of action.”
Jake Willis wrote this review Tuesday, October 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very entertaining true account of ol' Papillon and his life of unjust imprisonment. It is also a very tense read.”
Aaron P wrote this review Saturday, October 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Papillon is about Henri Charriere's life on the wrong side of the tracks(self biography). It starts out at his trial where he is being prosecuted for the murder of a man. He pleads not guilty, but he ends up getting hard labor for life. The rest of the book is about his attemps of escape. Throughout the book he meets very compassionate people who help him in his quest for freedom. In the beggining I thought that he was a bad person, and his details frightened me slightly. That changed the further on in the book I was, he had interesting thoughts and views that really opened up my eyes to what kinds of people lived during his life. All the events in the book that he thought were important were extremely detailed. The thing that really annoyed me about this book is that at times you think it was almost over, but then something would mess up his happily ever after, so to speak. If you don't mind death, extreme heartache and 500 pages of Henri's life, then the book itself is actually interesting.”
Kirsten W wrote this review Wednesday, October 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“fantastic book but u need a bit of patience”
Clockwork Orange wrote this review Friday, September 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
