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Alive by Piers Paul Read
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it was amazing

** spoiler alert ** I read this book over 3 months ago and just couldn't review it. It was that horrifying. It just felt to me as though I should not be reading this personal story of the survivors in the Andes mountains. And at times, it felt as though I was standing by, just watching. I felt, too, that this book should not have been written. Again, the reason being is that this was too private of an affair for the young boys had Turn to cannibalism in order to survive.

When I had heard of this book, I thought that it was a survival book, that the plane had crashed and everyone had survived and walked out of the Andes mountains, a perfect adventure for me.

When the plane crashed in the snows of the Andes, people were blown out of the plane. The boys who had survived listened to the cries of those who were dying. I listened too. And then 1 day they ran out of food and They were not sure what to do. 1 survivor suggested they eat the bodies of those who had died for they had been frozen in the snow.

This was very horrifying for the boys, to imagine eating their friends. Then a boy, a catholic, thought of a ritual. Before each meal, it was decided to Tell the Beads. They would think of these bodies as the blood and body of Christ.
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October 9, 2022 – Shelved
October 10, 2022 – Started Reading
October 10, 2022 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Jenna (new)

Jenna ❤ ❀  ❤ OMG they thought of it as communion?! Actually, communion is gross and disturbing enough. Why would anyone want to imagine eating the blood and body of a murdered person, whether or not it's symbolic. Yuk. This has to be a difficult book to read but interesting review, Jessaka.


message 2: by Dmitri (new)

Dmitri They weren’t murdered. They were victims of a plane crash.


Jessaka Jenna, if I remember correctly that is how they were able to eat the dead bodies of their friends. I can't imagine even believing that the wine in the bread that you eat that communion is really priced body


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