Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad

11 reviews

hopeandchange's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, and Violence

ibbyyyyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

ekmartin's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Colonisation, and War

thecozybee's review against another edition

5.0

**Review to come. I’m still processing this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Violence, Murder, and War

theasbookworld's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Murder

emmakanjo's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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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

palis's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, and War

agneswilhelmine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and War

ivassavi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

(2021 Book#12)
3.5-3.75⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Trafficking

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit