Reddit reviews Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Possibly mentioned, but Louis Zamparini was a crazy ass mofo who went to the olympics for running, joined the airforce, became a B24 pilot, was shot down, broke the record for longest at sea, captured by the japanese, survived in a prison wardened by one of the worst POW car criminals n such. Very awesome read, unbelievably true biography called unbroken

Solid 5 stars out of 27,910 reviews.

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption https://www.amazon.com/dp/0812974492/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_a5pMDbDDC11KG

Yeah that would be cool if he could. I'm reading this book right now. There's a quote in it, "For every plane lost in combat in the pacific, 6 were lost from accidents?

Well if you are into true crime at all, then two that jump to mind are In Cold Blood by Truman Capote and The Devil in the White City. The first is an older book written about a small town murder while the latter is about the serial killer H. H. Holmes. Both are fantastic reads despite their subject matter.


Speaking of serial killers, Gary Stewart makes a compelling argument in his book The Most Dangerous Animal of All that his biological father might have been the Zodiac Killer. What started out as a simple story of an adopted son trying to find his biological parents turns into a quest of discovery of a murderer. Many "experts" on the subject aren't sure about Stewart's claims, but his discoveries make a compelling argument.


Lastly, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand was recently made into a pretty decent movie, and In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is often featured on shark week and will soon have a movie made as well. Both are fascinating WWII-related reads that seem to cross the line from being biographical to novelized due to the content and excellent writing.

There's the old adage Could of, Would of, Should of that we all face in our lives. There is zero value in looking back with regret. It is a complete waste of emotional energy because there is NOTHING that you can do about it other than learn from it. You can look back in a healthy way to learn how things could have been different to achieve the outcome that would have been better. But to sit in wallow because things didn't go absolutely futile.

I think at one point most of us wanted to be in a rock-n-roll band but that can only happen with time and dedication. If that is really important to you, what have you done to achieve that goal? With any goal, you have to work at it and in time good things will happen.

Your ambition of Spread joy to everyone and makes them happier each day is an admirable one that is both achievable and healthy. This is so doable and I would love to see you succeed. We need more people with your ideals in the world!

My recommendation is for you to go volunteer some where. Helping others is such a wonderful therapeutic activity. It allows us to get outside of our own head and problems. Seeing others that have suffered and had trials like our own can help us to put things into perspective. So go help out at a nursing home, the local LGBT community center, Habitat for Humanity or a food shelter, etc. Through opportunities like this you can spread joy and forge the friendships that you want/need.

Another thing I'd recommend is reading about others that have gone through immense pain and suffering yet persevered. My favorite book is Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. I can't think of a book that made me laugh and cry as much as this one. I absolutely LOVED this book. It is about a WWII Navy pilot that was shot down and captured by the Japanese. A movie was made from it but the book is SO much better.

>Never tried hrt. It won't change my life.

You are right that HRT alone will not change your life. Only you can change your life. HRT or antidepressants can only help get you to a more emotionally stable state of mind.

I will challenge you that HRT won't help you in changing your life. How could you possibly know without trying? At this point what harm is there in trying?

> I'll be at best a parody of a woman

I would disagree that you would only be a parody of a woman. We are women already but many of us struggle with internalized transphobia that results in feeling the way that you stated. There are countless trans folks here that will tell you otherwise as well. Don't you think that many if not nearly all of them felt the same way that you do? It is not an easy road but it is possible.

Please don't give up. Do one of the following - call 911, check into an ER or call the Trans Support line. There is a community here that wants to help but there is only so much we can do. Get the help that is available. Trust me that they can help you find a way through all of this.

There is an amazing book about a similar story that involved Japanese POW camps and a B-29 bombadier, Louis Silvie "Louie" Zamperini.

The book is Unbroken and a movie will be out around Christmas. One of the best survival stories I've read.

I do not have any recommendations for air warfare books, sorry. The closest thing I can recommend is Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. It's about a guy named Louis Zamperini, whose bomber was shot down by the Japanese. It's an incredible story and extra special to me because he is from my home town. He passed away not too long ago. An amazing person by all accounts.

If you don't mind the podcast/audiobook format, then I have to recommend Hardcore History - Ghosts of the Ostfront by Dan Carlin. It's a 4-part series about the Eastern Front in WWII. Fascinating, tragic, and unbelievably brutal — it's one of the best podcast series I have ever listened to. If you're American like me, then you probably know a lot less about the Eastern Front than the Western Front. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that the US hated the USSR for decades following WWII, so we didn't want to give them credit where credit was due. 7 out of every 8 Germans who died in WWII, died fighting the Soviets. The fighting on the Eastern Front truly broke the back of the Wehrmacht.

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