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We Have Tired of Violence

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I wanted to read this book because it focused on a time and place I knew nothing about. It provides a fascinating look into Indonesia's political history. The case is introduced well, but half way through the book, I found my pace faltering. Try as I might I could not finish the book.
The legal information and the process itself was well written, but was not something that I am in the habit of reading. It was a little dry.
This is an important book in some ways and I think more people should give it a shot, since I did not finish he book I cannot provide a full length review for it.

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A wonderful work of journalism, and an utterly depressing reminder of the assault on the truth. Easton takes us through the evidence step by step. The work doesn't get bogged down in contextualizing, giving the reader enough information to go on without making it an outright history.

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I have read over a dozen advance review copies of subjects of interest to me, but this is the first time I've felt I need to go out and buy a physical copy of the book when it's released. This is such a fantastic story and so well-told. The author has an impressive talent for communicating the impact of historical events with vivid language and examples. He resists temptation to draw analogy to Western parallels and lets the local people speak for themselves. Beautiful, compelling writing.

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When Munor left to attend graduate school he was to be met by a friend of a friend when he landed in the Netherlands, unfortunately he would never get there. Because the nature of his death and those involved his grieving wipe Susie and another activist would be left to investigate on their own. It would be years before they would get any semblance of justice and that’s only if you consider like most things the people at the head The murder plot got away with it. It wasn’t just his murder that was committed. From the 70s on the head mini missing young men and women who were never heard of again the parents only had a vague idea of what happened to them. This book was so good and I feel like I am doing it in injustice, but just let me say you really should read this book. Matt Easton did a great job with the research in the telling of the story. It’s a sobering time told tale of people just wanting fairness and to live a well lived life up against those who are money hungry egotistical and powerful. What crimes who’s predators really went to the top in the country who had multiple ways of not naming the people who committed crimes against their children it would be years before anyone would even come public with a story much less get justice and Matt Easton covered it all. We Have Tired of Violence is a book I highly recommend. I wish I could’ve given it 10 stars it is so good anyone who thinks America is a horrible country should read this book and really think about there priorities. Minor’s Life or death rather wasn’t in vain, but no one should have to die to get the freedom we should all be born with. I was given this book by Nat Gally and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Please forgive any grammar or punctuation errors as I am blind and dictate my review but all opinions are definitely my own.

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