Farwell to manzanar book reveiw

Farwell to Manzanar Review
Esteban Armijo
Jeanne Wakatsuki* was seven years old in 1942 when she and her family had to leave their home and sent to an internment camp in Manzanar with many other Japanese Americans who had been accused of treason against America. During this time WWII was going on and many Americans thought that the Japanese where sending messages to Japan. Almost all the Japanese were American citizens though and as far as we can tell none of them were sending the messages. The internment camp was very crowded and most “barracks” only had 2 rooms for a whole family. Many people married just so they could stay in the same barracks with each other. During the book you watch the author grow up in this camp with many other siblings. Her father was also taken to Fort Lincoln to be questioned for years.
This book is a very advanced book and I would not recommend this book to that many people that I know. It is also hard to follow at sometimes. Overall I did not really like this book but I also did not hate it. There are a lot of emotions in this book that you must learn about. And if you plan on even opening the book to read the first page you might just read it all. Once you get around a little more than half way through the book, it is hard to put it down. I think this book won’t take you that long to finish reading. If you literary don’t put the book down you could finish it in 3-4 hours. It really depends on if you are a fast or slow reader though.
I think that if you do see the book in the bookstore you should look on the back and see if you do like it. Because for me if I liked WWII or learning about our nation’s history this could be a very interesting book for me. I mean this can be an interesting book it is just I did not find it that interesting. One of the reasons I might think so is because I was forced to read this book and I never like it when I have only a couple books I can choose to read so part of my bias might be coming from that.
I think that this book I would recommend to someone who is a bit older than people in middle schools because the story plot line is kind of hard to follow (at least for me) and I am in middle school. People in high school would be able to follow the storyline but I am not sure if they would completely want to read this book. This is a very historical book with emotions in it and I don’t think most people wouldn't be interested.
In conclusion I did not enjoy this book but I also did not hate it. I think that for people in middle school might not fully get the story and I think that people in high school might not want to read this book. So basically I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone unless they like a historical book with some emotion attached. I think that you should look through it if you find it at the book store though. You never know what kind of book you might end up liking.
*Commentary: This is a non-fiction story and this person is real. She married James D. Houston and is at the age of 74 today.