Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee, David John

15 reviews

orireading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ellytheskelly's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

A very interesting and unique perspective, the tension was crazy and I found myself having to think "it's ok, she made it out because she wrote the book, it's ok." I can't imagine the stress of living it and not knowing how things would turn out.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

angelofmusic317's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

4.5

Interesting story of a North Korean defector who not only escaped on her own but also got her family out. She shares the challenges, dangers, and struggles of leaving her country of birth to seek a different and better life somewhere else. This book moves quickly and is an interesting listen/read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, War, and Deportation

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Alcohol

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

lyd41's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Abortion

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

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

I was recommended this by a friend who claims they don’t read very often but couldn’t stop reading this one - always a credit to the author 😳 A harrowing and heartfelt story, Hyeonseo Lee takes us through the horrors of North Korea but also tells us about the happinesses found there. It’s so much more nuanced than simply stating that North Korea is a bad place and she shows us this throughout, which I thought was important.

In saying that though, I was astonished at reading about the criticism lessons that the children and adults have to go through.

I would definitely recommend this and am going to research more into Lee’s TED talks! ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Classism

sammantha's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Trafficking, and Abortion

jelenabts7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

natrix's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

Minor: Trafficking