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Customers find this book thought-provoking and well-written, providing a detailed and honest portrayal of the US prison system. The book offers a unique perspective, with one customer noting it provides a good insight into prison workings, while another describes it as a fascinating view into a world. While customers appreciate the readability, some find it hard to read.
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22 customers mention content, 19 positive, 3 negative
Peter's book is an excellent and insightful look into America's prison system....Read more
...If you're looking for an informative, and thought-provoking book that's a good read, you ought to check this one out....Read more
The author combines extensive experience, a compassionate but realistic attitude, and a keen intellect to deliver a comprehensive look at what life...Read more
Peter has been there, done that as they say... This is a very good book, not a subject that many will find a 'good' read, but one that...Read more
12 customers mention informative, 12 positive, 0 negative
...his experiences as a prison chaplain with research to provide an insightful and compelling analysis.Read more
Informative, sometimes disturbing look behind prison walls. Almost like spending the day (or longer) with prison staff.Read more
...Overall, however, this is an excellent and well-researched book about the prison system and those within it....Read more
This book was a very enjoyable and educational read....Read more
10 customers mention writing quality, 10 positive, 0 negative
...Each was well written and interesting in its own right, but the combination feels forced, as if a German historian were reading Grimms' Fairy Tales...Read more
Well written book on the daily life inside a prison. It covers all those who work or reside there....Read more
...walls any of us can imagine, are leavened with his dry humor and skillful writing....Read more
...The book is very well written, but the subject matter is often unpleasant.Read more
7 customers mention realism, 7 positive, 0 negative
...depiction of prison life is sometimes uncomfortably stark, but it's very real....Read more
And interesting and both realistic yet compassionate view of life behind bars and the prison system....Read more
I like the realistic portrayal of criminals and the common sense approach to reform. Half compassion and half keep them in jail forever.Read more
...He humanized them, made them real in a manner that forced me to think about them in very different light....Read more
6 customers mention unique perspective, 6 positive, 0 negative
Really good book written from a unique perspective....Read more
...not gotten all the way thru this book yet, but it gives a very interesting view of life that i have not seen before.Read more
...This perspective, neither guard nor prisoner, is unique in my reading experience....Read more
The author gives a fascinating view into a world most of us will never see....Read more
5 customers mention detailed, 5 positive, 0 negative
...this as research material at some point in the future, as it is richly detailed, giving enough description to really imagine oneself in the prisons,...Read more
This book is a telling description of life behind the walls of a federal prison, among others, from the author's vantage as a Chaplain....Read more
...Grant excels as a storyteller who combines his experiences as a prison chaplain with research to provide an insightful and compelling analysis.Read more
...The book is a quick, perhaps too quick, series of telling snapshots of his day, and his career, as a federal prison chaplain....Read more
5 customers mention prison life, 4 positive, 1 negative
Hard to Read, But a great look at US prison SystemRead more
This is an interesting look at prison life. The perspective of a chaplain, rather than a prisoner, is unusual....Read more
An interesting look inside the US prison systemRead more
Informative, sometimes disturbing look behind prison walls. Almost like spending the day (or longer) with prison staff.Read more
6 customers mention readability, 3 positive, 3 negative
Grant is an easy author to read, with a down-to-earth style....Read more
Hard to Read, But a great look at US prison SystemRead more
...I was right, on one level, and on another it is easier than I had ever expected....Read more
...The view is not a comfortable one, however, and the book can be difficult....Read more
