The book titled, From Frying Pan to Fire, seeks to make people (especially youths) understand that not everything that glitters is gold. This lesson is especially for the youths that believe that if they escape overseas, they will suddenly become rich. The book takes its time to explain and expatiate on why it’s better to face the devil you know rather than face the one you don’t know. The people in the book didn’t seem to truly understand what they were getting themselves into. If you must choose between a familiar but unpleasant situation and an unfamiliar situation, choose the familiar one because the unfamiliar situation may turn out to be worse, that was the message that was being passed across.

From Frying Pan to Fire bears a message that mostly falls on deaf ears, this message has truly scarred various people all over the world due to negligence. The meaning behind the book is immediately introduced, with the title being an extract from the idiomatic phrase: out of the frying pan into the fire. This phrase is simply used to describe the situation of running from a problematic situation and getting into the clutches of a more arduous one, often as a result of progressing from the initial problem.

With the use of tear-jerking tales of anguish, the author weaves a powerful and compelling narrative, made even more intense by the emotional and personal account of the author’s own younger brother. In order to accomplish its mission, the writer employs simple language and descriptive words to ensnare the reader’s attention, which he accomplishes in a superb fashion. The introductory chapters are written from the views of people of importance in Africa’s economy. These scholars were present in order to give their own perspectives on the matter. With them giving statistical data on the migration rate and where most of the migrants are coming from and where they are aiming to go. These data were also supported with events that occurred in real time, the author made use of the migration issue that occurred between African states and Italy. This issue ended with Italy denying them access which led to France opening its borders to them instead.

As the story progresses, the author deems it right to start writing from the perspective from the people that were affected the most-the migrants which gave the story a more emotional feel towards the events that were going on. If the elements of literature weren’t enough, the author depicted the suffering by putting pictures of all these journeys. In this part of the book, the author seeks to make sure that his point comes across by employing words that elicit sympathy and a wide variety of other emotions. The language employed can only be generated by interviewing people that were directly involved. The majority of the second part of the book is told from the point of view of his own brother. The switch in point of view is evident in the shift from the third person to the first person. The story then begins to weave a tale that expatiates on horrors experienced by the migrants from the deadly infections to the harsh treatment of Africans in the countries they arrived at.

The book is a good read and I recommend that the general populace take some time to read this book and learn not to rush into things because when people rush into things and underestimate a situation. This may cause someone to go from the frying pan and into the fire