Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

17 reviews

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

What an incredible memoir. It’s so hard to hear but so important. She is so reflective and her life story is incredible. Especially her time in prison. I also appreciate how she talked about afterwards. I think everyone should read the story to get an understanding of Palestine and the conflict as well as what the children of Palestine have been through. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

zombiezami's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Vomit, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jartone93's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

ckingcolorado's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Torture, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Sexual harassment

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

I have already documented myself about the ongoing g but reading about the first hand experiences and trauma Palestinians are experiencing was something I needed to truly see the truth about the West (no longer proud of being an european).
From the river to the sea!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Death, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

aquakirst's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

streberkatze's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

In her memoir, Ahed Tamimi tells the story of her life and resistance struggle within the context of Palestinian history and the resistance struggle more generally, which makes this book accessible for readers with different levels of background knowledge. Even though none of the information in the book was new or surprising, it hit me hard. Reading about the never-ending brutalization and killing of Palestinians, including children, in the news is one thing. But hearing about it from a young woman who has lived — and continues to live — the horrors herself and has refused to give up in the face of them has had a lasting impact on me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual harassment

rheagoveas's review

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Blood, and Islamophobia