Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

41 reviews

angeldevoursliterature's review against another edition

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

4.0

I want to clarify that my rating is solely for the book and not for Malala as a person.
The book covers Malala's life story in great detail, from her childhood to the time when her family stayed in Birmingham. However, I did face some issues with the writing, particularly with the way the political and historical accounts were intertwined with its personal reflections. Nevertheless, it was still worth reading, and her story is truly enlightening and inspiring. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for an eye-opening read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

coti_passadore's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: War

brysonsmommie84's review

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gore and Grief

bashsbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.25

This book was fascinating, and I am in awe of Malala's spirit, faith, and drive. My major issue with it, however, is that I can see - very clearly - that Christina Lamb collaborated on this. It reads, at many times, like a history of Pakistan (specifically a history of Pakistani relations with the West). It feels as though information about Malala, her family, and her experience are tossed in here and there, rather than the other way around. I realize that some of that is so Western readers have context, but I think it went into a distracting amount of detail. I would love to read something Malala has written on her own, without a hovering need to make Westerners understand every bit of it via overexplanation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Xenophobia, and Murder

Minor: Animal death and Torture

-Colorism (many asides about skin lightening) -Suicide in the context of suicide bombing -Political assassinations (both attempted and succeeded) -Terrorism

agatha_hopkins's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Sexism, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

anneebel's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and War

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ireadinbed's review

challenging hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

4.75

It is always weird rating memoirs, but i will qualify that i read this book aloud to my kid so im reviewing from that perspective. 

The way Malala illustrates her life, upbringing, and personal worldview makes it easy to understand her. 

Even my young daughter got a lot out of what she had to say and i was surprised by how much i was touched by the descriptions of fear. School shootings here in america came to mind often

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment

booksngrannies's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Medical content, and Murder