Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Flickan med sju namn by Hyeonseo Lee, David John

4 reviews

niquee3317's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Classism, and Deportation

lyd41's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Abortion

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

I was recommended this by a friend who claims they don’t read very often but couldn’t stop reading this one - always a credit to the author 😳 A harrowing and heartfelt story, Hyeonseo Lee takes us through the horrors of North Korea but also tells us about the happinesses found there. It’s so much more nuanced than simply stating that North Korea is a bad place and she shows us this throughout, which I thought was important.

In saying that though, I was astonished at reading about the criticism lessons that the children and adults have to go through.

I would definitely recommend this and am going to research more into Lee’s TED talks! ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Classism

sammantha's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Trafficking, and Abortion