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Summary: Another Bomb For Afghanistan
Review: The media has done it again: Blown something so out of proportion that somehow the world thinks its deserves a book. Well, the whole book is just one big self-serving pat on the back by a couple of kids who got in over their heads in a foreign country where they had no place being. Where's the "inspirational" story? They weren't rescued, and they shouldn't have been pushing their ideas on others in the first place. Not only that, but it's boring. Don't waste your money. I didn't -- I borrowed the book and am glad I didn't buy it.
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Summary: Behind the headlines
Review: The plight of Christian workers Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer in Afghanistan was well-chronicled by American newspapers. This book fills in some of the blanks and tells how the girls went overseas in the first place and what their lives were like before they were captured by the Taliban. They attempted to help the poor people in this Muslim country while letting the people know that they were Christians. Since Taliban law forbade people from attempting to convert Afghans to Chrisianity, they walked a fine line. The majority of the book describes their imprisonment and the life they led while waiting to be rescued. Although the details of their captivity are presented in a somewhat confusing fashion, the book is inspirational in that these two young women gave up the comforts of home, and risked their lives in order to do God's will. They also describe some of the spiritual turmoil they felt while trying to look to God for sustenance.
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Summary: All Hoax
Review: The two women were never prisoned by the talliban, that is true. But they were not aid workers like they told you. It is a propaganda from the U.S. They were spies for President Bush to oversee the the destruction of the talliban. But when they were captured, the President want them out and sent soldiers to do his job just for the cause of worthless freedom in America.
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Summary: Dinghies!
Review: The vicious attacks by some of these reviewers is truly frightening. No matter what someone may think of the particular beliefs of these two young woman, who can doubt that they are especially virtuous people? They are attractive, educated, talented women who freely chose to live in a hostile and poor country to minister to the people's phsyical and spiritual needs. The writing is fair. Their story is pretty interesting. They give us a decent window into a world that all Americans need to better understand. But the best part of the book to me is their deep love and respect for the Afghani people. These are pretty rough people that very few Westerners would dare visit, never mind live among. But these two women clearly fell in love with the Afghanis. Really interesting to see how this happens.
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Summary: a interestng story of sacrifical love
Review: The vicious attacks by some of these reviewers is truly frightening. No matter what someone may think of the particular beliefs of these two young woman, who can doubt that they are especially virtuous people? They are attractive, educated, talented women who freely chose to live in a hostile and poor country to minister to the people's phsyical and spiritual needs. The writing is fair. Their story is pretty interesting. They give us a decent window into a world that all Americans need to better understand. But the best part of the book to me is their deep love and respect for the Afghani people. These are pretty rough people that very few Westerners would dare visit, never mind live among. But these two women clearly fell in love with the Afghanis. Really interesting to see how this happens.
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Summary: Heather and Dayna give me hope for the future
Review: These are some impressive young women, motivated by a strong Christian faith. I think young people should read this book so that they can gain hope that they can make a difference in the world, and older people should also read so that they get hope that the future is in good hands.
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Summary: Dinghies!
Review: These are sweet, nice girls. But, wow, what a couple of dingbats. They put a lot of people's lives at risk, though, so I would like to say they are harmless, but they are not really harmless. You can tell by looking at their pictures on the cover that nothing will stop their missionary works and they totally don't care about the lives of the people they endangered. I honestly don't think they are bright enough to realize that their actions actually endanger a lot of people and their actions may be doing more harm than good on a global level. Nothing will stop these girls, that much is clear. They say at the end that they are planning a missionary trip to the Sudan by way of Lybia. Good grief!! The book is not well written, a little rambly at times. These girls, I don't know, something is missing upstairs if you catch my drift. Also, I was sorely disappointed. I was hoping for some really steamy stuff about women in prison. Sadly, I guess Afghani womens' prisons aren't like American ones.
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Summary: God will Punish These Girls
Review: These are the kind of people that should lock themselves in their bedroom closets and never come out. They (and others like them) are naive to believe that they know how to help the world. In their spiritual and cultural ignorance, they do more harm than good. They have brought darkness to the world.
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Summary: They should be ashamed of themselves
Review: These two should stay home, get jobs and do something worthwhile. Their proseletizing was actually frightening and if they think they are preaching their religion to people who want to hear it, I think they are delusional. If their religeous zeal made it OK for them ethically to go there under false pretenses, then spare me their ideology. The Afghani people who became involved with them risked there lives for a little food - these young women certainly never learned how to write a book or tell an interesting story. Not worth the paper it is printed on.
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Summary: Yawn
Review: This book chronicles (and not very well either!) the story of two young women who, despite college degrees and access to the global media, remain incredulous a country opposed to religious freedom for all held them captive for dissenting religious views. Although the book is marketed as a current affairs/biography text, I would think a better subcategory could be humor from the omipresent hypocricsy. Under the auspices of relief work, the two went in to convert others to their own religion and thus, should have not been shocked by their subsequent treatment. It's easy to display religious zeal until it is yourself that is the victim of such treatment. Still, even at it's worst, the text could help prevent future youth from making the same cultural blunders. If a trip to a different country is planned, at least have the common deccency and courtesy to fammilarize yourself with the culture before arrival. It also serves as a badly needed reminder why preservation of Church-State separation ultimately benefits all people.
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