Honestly speaking, I’m not a book person. Rather, I love visual learning rather than reading books. All of a sudden, I thought that I should read a book once in a while since it will help me gain knowledge. So I deliberately picked out a book out of the shelves which had a skull face on the cover of the book which is why I thought that it will be a horror genre book. book. To my dismay, it wasn’t a horror themed book. It was about dark romance which comprised of child abusing, child trafficking, human trafficking, sexual assault and many more disturbing traumatic things. And I decided to read it so that I can improve my thinking and make my perspective more vast. But however, in the end, I felt really harrowing because of the content of the book was appealing and I felt really grossed out. It did change my perspective over many things but in the end it wasn’t worth much. Yeah, I did learn a thing or two about the reality and how a person can be so manipulative and cause trauma to other people. But if I would recommend this book to any person who can handle this level of trauma and tell people to research before they buy books.
Band 6+: Describe a book that significantly changed your perspective on something. You should say: - What the book was about - Why you decided to read it - What your perspective was before reading it And explain how the book changed your perspective.
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Honestly speaking, I'm not a book person. Rather, I love visual learning more than reading books. All of a sudden, I thought that I should read a book once in a while since it would help me gain knowledge. So I deliberately picked out a book from the shelves that had a skull face on the cover, which is why I thought it would be a horror genre book. To my dismay, it wasn't a horror-themed book. It was about dark romance, which comprised child abuse, child trafficking, human trafficking, sexual assault, and many more disturbing traumatic topics. I decided to read it to improve my thinking and broaden my perspective. However, in the end, I felt really harrowed because the content of the book was unsettling, and I felt grossed out. It did change my perspective on many things, but in the end, it wasn't worth much. Yes, I did learn a thing or two about reality and how a person can be so manipulative and cause trauma to others. But I would only recommend this book to anyone who can handle this level of trauma and advise people to research before they buy books.
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