Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Flickan med sju namn by Hyeonseo Lee, David John

4 reviews

jill_holly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

This was a remarkable story. Hyeonseo and her family took on an incredible journey to South Korea. I really appreciated Hyeonseo's recounting of her early life in North Korea, offering a window into a place I know little about. I also appreciated how she detailed the political issues, corruption, language barriers, and culture shock she and other North Korean defectors experienced as they left. I only regret that I listened to this as an audiobook given it was narrated by a British woman, which just seemed wrong. But, it was such a riveting story, I couldn't wait to get a print copy from the library!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Violence and Trafficking

siennakt30's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Deportation

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia and Trafficking

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Drug use, and War

mondovertigo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Medical content, Trafficking, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Excrement, Cannibalism, and War