Reviews tagging 'Grief'

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

32 reviews

nidhimoney's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Trafficking, Grief, War, and Classism

deluna's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

absolute_bookery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Harrowing, terrifying, brutally honest and incredibly sad - a story of hope and escape for freedom that will inspire and educate you in equal parts. Just wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War

on_your_raedar's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I’ll be the first to admit that I never knew what happened in North Korea because I never thought about it. I watched a YouTube video about the 8 ways to defect from the country and this story was mentioned, I knew I had to read it, educate myself about what’s happen in the world.

This entire story is heartbreaking and is a necessary read. It took weeks to get through because things were so hard to stomach but I truly cannot express the appreciation I feel toward Yeonmi for being brave and willing to share her experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Stalking

ran_sophia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

The book contains a very powerful story that is worth reading.  Although it was difficult to read, because what the author wrote about and what she experienced was very sad and terrible.  I liked that the story was well written and pointed.  And I also liked that she wasn't afraid to talk openly about what she was going through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Alcohol

karingforbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Read the trigger warnings! 
This was amazing. I don’t know much about North Korea beyond what’s taught in the west which is propaganda to showcase democracy as the best. I enjoyed learning about the details of North Korea and how bad it actually was. Not to say I enjoy human suffering but it was educational and well written. She writes in a conversational and emotional manner which will definitely pull at your remotiosn whether that’s anger, sorrow or compassion. It’s a hard read because of all the horrific things this woman experienced but it’s an important read, not only because we can learn about a repressive regime but because many of the events she experienced can be analogized to events in the west (immigration for one). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

pengi's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexism, Stalking, and War

renrenren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

elanashyong's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

mxpringle's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail