Men In the Sun

Men In the Sun was a very interesting book to read. It's scarey to think about all the hardships these people had to live through just to survive. Not ever having been exposed to such violence while growing up, it's hard to imagine the terror these people lived with each and every day. I do remember hearing a lot of the things that did go on over there back in the 70's, but I never realized just how bad things were.

At a couple points the book was hard to follow in the beginning, but once I got into the book it was much easier to keep up with each of the men involved and what they were doing. A couple places in the beginning it was a bit hard to determine which parts the man was actually living and which parts the man was dreaming in. The struggle these people went through in just their day to day lives to survive and not knowing if you would see another day. It's so hard to imagine living like that. It's very understandable why they are so untrusting of many people when their lives depend on their instincts just to survive.

The ending was very disappointing for me. I really thought the men would make it to Kuwait after all they had gone through just to get there. It's also very morbid what Abul Khaizuran did with the bodies, but understandable too. He had to protect himself, but I also wonder if his boss knew what Abul was doing when he drove his lorry across to Kuwait or if his boss was also transporting people to safety.