I don't read a lot of non-fiction but I happened to watch the movie adaptation of Mohamedou's story and I just wanted to know more about this man and years he spent unjustly detained.

 I read the unredacted version and I found it very interesting what the United States government decided to mark out. Especially all uses of she/her pronouns and female sounding names. (not that it would've been difficult to use context clues to figure this out.) 

I'm blown away by how overall positive Slahi seems to stay throughout his whole ordeal both about life and about those who tormented and tortured him for years. I admit I had trouble connecting to his story as there's just really nothing in my life that is even remotely relatable to what he went through.I think this is an important book, an important story- I learned so much and I am very glad I read it.