Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

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

46 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

aishakare's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

ashylibrarian's review

emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

A truly stellar memoir encompassing the life of a fierce young activist that also shines an accessible light on the horrors happening in Palestine under the Israeli occupation. This is an emotional must-read book for readers of all ages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Police brutality, and Colonisation

Moderate: Torture and War

goddessofwhatnot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This book should be required reading in all high/secondary schools in the world.

‘They Called Me a Lioness’ is by far the most accessible book I’ve yet to read about the Palestinian struggle and life under Israeli occupation.  All relevant aspects of the issue are addressed (including historical, political, legal, cultural, etc), all from the first person perspective of a teenaged Palestinian girl.

If I were to try to introduce someone to the subject of Palestine, I would first have them look up “the Nakba,” then I would immediately hand them a copy of this book!
✨10/10 stars ✨ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dragongirl271's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Torture

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Mental illness, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Sexism and Sexual harassment

alizardbreath716's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and War

leweylibrary's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

It took me a long time because of work to feel like I was in a place mentally where I could handle this book, and I'm glad I waited. There were some things I knew, but so many things that I learned reading this book. I really appreciated the pov of someone who is Palestinian and lived there their whole life and is such an activist. I saw so much of our students in her and her story and the way she talks about this conflict, even before it ramped up in 2023. I think it would be very hard for anyone to read this book and be pro-Israel still. Part of me feels a little bit like something about the voice felt off, but I know that's just because the journalist wrote the story (and narrated the audiobook) with Ahed and translation was necessary, so it's fair. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Gore, Sexual assault, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail