Critic's Reviews

"Hillnebrand's book paints a clear picture of the hellish conditions that the POW's endured and the utter madness of the war that was being waged in the Pacific. This book will find a permanent place of honor on my bookshelf." -New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/books/review/Margolick-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

'Hillenbrand tells his story as a nearly continuous flow of suspense. "Unbroken" gallops along at full speed. Hillenbrand's vivid accounts of battles, technological advances such as the top-secret Norden bombsight, explanations of Japanese policy toward POWs (including a "kill-all" order at war's end) as well as her footnotes and acknowledgments detailing her research are all worthy of careful reading." -Los Angeles Times

 http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/28/entertainment/la-ca-laura-hillenbrand-20101128

 "In Unbroken, she has crafted another masterful blend of sport, history and overcoming terrific odds; this is biography taken to the nth degree, a chronicle of a remarkable life lived through extraordinary times." -Dallas News

http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/headlines/20101121-book-review-unbroken_by-laura-hillenbrand.ece

“STAGGERING … MESMERIZING … Any one of the threads in Hillenbrand’s monumental new book could be a page-turner all its own… Hillenbrand’s writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you don’t dare take your eyes off the page.” --People, four star review

 http://laurahillenbrandbooks.com/reviews/