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The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad
3 reviews
msepulv2's review against another edition
dark
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War
emmakanjo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War
laurikas's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.5
This book is tough, the story is so harrowing it physically hurts to read it.
But I understand it's Nadia's right to tell it, however way she wants to tell it.
It does not do to keep silent, and what courage it must take to face it all every day. I admire her for speaking out and for being so active in trying to stop the atrocities against her ethnicity and religious belief.
The only reason I won't rate this any higher is that I expected a bit more from the book - perhaps some more historical context, a different approach to the storytelling, to what the future should look like, even more political, more demanding, more forceful. As it is, I felt it repetitive and very descriptive of violence that we know exist - world is evil - but that could be triggered differently.
But I understand it's Nadia's right to tell it, however way she wants to tell it.
It does not do to keep silent, and what courage it must take to face it all every day. I admire her for speaking out and for being so active in trying to stop the atrocities against her ethnicity and religious belief.
The only reason I won't rate this any higher is that I expected a bit more from the book - perhaps some more historical context, a different approach to the storytelling, to what the future should look like, even more political, more demanding, more forceful. As it is, I felt it repetitive and very descriptive of violence that we know exist - world is evil - but that could be triggered differently.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Vomit