Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Krigen har intet kvinnelig ansikt by Svetlana Alexiévich, Alf B. Glad

9 reviews

nornors's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Genocide, and Antisemitism

lizziaha's review against another edition

5.0

This book is just a deluge of pain and grief and raw humanity. And because of that humanity, hope and love manage to shine through, against all odds. This definitely reframed the Russian front for me, and gave me a whole new perspective on Russian women and their part in the war. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Deportation

thebowandthebook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Vivid, stark and gruesome, this book spared little detail but provided a remarkable look into the sides of WW2 not often seen. Truly illuminated the difference between the woman's views on war and the men's. Excellent read, so many stories... so many lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, and Abortion

rcsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cword's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

srm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, and War

Minor: Sexual violence and Suicide

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

 The Unwomanly Face of War is an example of oral history at its finest. The author spent a decade travelling around the Soviet Union interviewing hundreds of women who contributed to the Soviet war effort, whether that be as partisans, sappers, snipers, nurses, laundresses, pilots, tank drivers, machine gunners and more. You name it and a Soviet woman probably did it. The result is a brilliant collection of their own words - some lengthy, others smaller snippets, grouped around a theme - relating the reality of their war experiences, experiences that were recognised with medals at the time but were neglected, silenced or disparaged in later years. It’s a story of women desperate to do their bit, many eager to serve on the front lines, having to make do with male uniforms and deal with scepticism from male leaders - at least at first. It’s a story full of blood, fear, horror and exhaustion, of memories that still haunted them forty years later. It’s a story that not only includes the war but also the realities of the lives of the women - of missing children left behind, of having to deal with periods without any necessary supplies, of dealing with grief when a loved one died, of missing feeling like a woman. What it isn’t is dry, boring or impersonal, charges levelled, often justly, at many official histories. It also expertly manages to capture both the commonalities of the women’s experiences as a whole and the unique nature of each individual woman’s war.

The other thing I appreciated about the volume is that the author included some of her experience creating the book - her inspiration, the reactions of women when she contacted them, her own thoughts and feelings as her work progressed, and some of the material Soviet censors rejected when the books was first published.

So glad that I finally picked this book up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Misogyny

valentia's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

ssreadsintranslation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Torture

Minor: Misogyny and Antisemitism