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    Audiobook10 hours

    The Blue Line

    Written by Ingrid Betancourt

    Narrated by Roxanne Hernandez

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    From the extraordinary Colombian French politician and activist Ingrid Betancourt, a stunning debut novel about freedom and fate

    Set against the backdrop of Argentina's Dirty War and infused with magical realism, The Blue Line is a breathtaking story of love and betrayal by one of the world's most renowned writers and activists. Ingrid Betancourt, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Even Silence Has An End, draws on history and personal experience in this deeply felt portrait of a woman coming of age as her country falls deeper and deeper into chaos. A tale of extraordinary women, The Blue Line is a story centered on the consequences of oppression, collective subservience and individual courage, and, most of all, the notion that belief in the future of humanity is an act of faith most beautiful and deserving.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 26, 2016
    ISBN9781511342421
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    The Blue Line
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    Ingrid Betancourt

    Ingrid Betancourt was rescued from captivity on July 2, 2008.

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    • 3/5
      This was a nicely executed piece of historical political fiction. Most of the novel took place in Argentina during the 1970's. I enjoyed the fact it set during a hostile political environment in a foreign country, unfortunately for me, I think I lost some of the impact because I didn't have any prior knowledge or point of reference for the events described. I really enjoy mysticism, and supernatural elements, but I'm not sure those tied in well with the rest of the novel. It's interesting from the standpoint of familial inheritance and perhaps being attuned to ancestral roots. I did enjoy the passages with the visions she had, they were climactic and vivid. However, it didn't jive well for me in regards to the rest of the material.
    • 4/5
      3.5 This book goes back and forward in time, a structure that I usually don't like but which worked for this book, at least until the end. A vivid and graphic description of the torture and violence that was Argentina in the seventies, the military coups and the disappeared. Julia, who also has the power of vision, showing her small snippets of events in the future, becomes caught up in the plight of the Montenaros and is therefore wanted by the government. Not sure this type of magical realism was necessary though it did serve her a good turn on one important occasion and is not an overwhelming theme of the novel. Loved her grandmother, who also has this sight. She isms very memorable characters.The author's own background leads to her expertise in writing this type of novel, as she herself was a prisoner in the Colombia jungle for six years. The parts in the prison, the fear and terror, the torturers were hard to read but this was when her writing was the strongest. So many people went through such horrible things. Such a horrible time in this countries past. The story of Julia and Theo was very interesting, and it showed to sides of the people involved in such horror, one bent on revenge, the other willing and wanting to start over, not forget but just to live. Felt the ending was a bit rushed and confusing but all in all a very interesting story and an indepth look at a particular if horrible time in history.