Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

8 reviews

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

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

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

aharper's review

dark emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Police brutality, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

amberinpieces's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Police brutality, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Islamophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

blakeandbooks's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail