The Disappeared takes some time to get into but proves rewarding by the end offering tidbits of powerful language that you'll pause over, reread and then read back to fully understand its meaning. I wasn't so much taken with the love story (mm they love each other but why...). What really interested me was Cambodia, the most important character in this story, to me. This is a country shattered by evil so pervasive that it seems like its citizens will never be able to do anything but keep on living. It will hurt you to read this because Echlin doesn't just state facts, she makes you feel it, she gets inside the consciousness of a country.