Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

3 reviews

kimreads14's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

Tamimi's story is one of thousands that you will hear if you take the time to listen to Palestinian voices. Her recounting of what she went through during her teenage years inside Israeli prison system. 

Ahed is truly a freedom fighter and the fact that she willingly shared her traumatic experience is incredible. She is inspiring and I truly hope that anyone who reads or listens to this book will realize what Palestinian children have to endure daily. 🍉 🫒

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexism, Torture, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kalmia31's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Slavery, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

diannasbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This memoir was so powerful. I spent the majority of the book ugly crying. It opened my eyes. Due to the current situation going on in Palestine, I went searching and found this book. I had no idea the horrors they are going through and have been going through for 75 years. Please pick up this book. It is so powerful and moving. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit