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liroa15's review against another edition
3.0
I found it hard to get into Flock’s writing style, and it’s not an easy book because these aren’t perfect victims. The Furies were so feared in Ancient Greek culture that they euphemistically labelled them the kindly ones as a way to placate them, but these three women were impotent fury at best. It’s hard to feel good about any of these stories because not one of them has a remotely happy end.
Is it important to see and bear witness anyway? Yes, I think so. But it still sucks.
Is it important to see and bear witness anyway? Yes, I think so. But it still sucks.
emily2348's review against another edition
4.5
amazingly written! women’s anger is something never written on but how do people expect women to live in this world and not want revenge? cicek’s story i think is one of the things that will stick with me for a long time
tothewest's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and War
pmhandley's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and War
titalindaslibrary's review against another edition
challenging
dark
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medium-paced
4.5
Ultimately, their acts of violence added up to something worthy, setting events into motion that very well may changes the world after them.
What an intense read. This book is full of the violence enacted on women - and what happens when women react with violence in return. Definitely one of the more gripping nonfiction books I’ve read.
snarkycrafter's review
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inspiring
sad
medium-paced
3.75
Three compelling stories of three brave women in vastly different situations, and yet they are similar because they are women living in a patriarchal society trying to stand up to the system.
I found Brittany's story to be the "closest" to home since she's from Alabama. Even collecting good data on domestic abuse can be challenging in the US because it depends on how the police, made up of mostly men I’m sure, report assault.
I also found Cicek's story to be both inspiring and incredibly sad.
“A woman who chooses arms dust so because she is the target.” From Radicalizing Her by Nimmi Gowrinathan
“A woman who chooses arms dust so because she is the target.” From Radicalizing Her by Nimmi Gowrinathan
“She told me she had been raped and had a daughter as a result. An experience she thought made her a better nurse because she could empathize with her patients. Every woman she met at Bryce [Hospital] (mental institution) had some form of physical, sexual, verbal, or mental abuse in their life before being institutionalized,” she said. I suggested that was a remarkable fact. “No, what’s remarkable is that men can do this to females and they label us as crazy,” she said.
“It was the culture of the south to keep everything hidden, especially domestic abuse.”
“The criminal justice system likes to put people in the courtroom drama in binaries. Victims are good, and perpetrators evil.”
tracithomas's review
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informative
tense
slow-paced
3.0
This was a pretty uneven book. The first section on Brittany was far and away the best section. The author has made a movie about that woman as well as articles etc. She had a great sense of this story and should have done and entire book on it. It felt like she tacked on the other stories to fulfill a thesis that got murky as she added people to it.
rmdrive's review against another edition
3.75
women should be allowed to kill 1 man in their lifetime bc I mean… natural selection