Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

6 reviews

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, War, Torture, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Racism, Violence, Death, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

diannasbooks's review

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

Minor: Vomit

murve's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Genocide, Confinement, Kidnapping, Islamophobia, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

readingwithkaitlyn's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, Genocide, Torture, Police brutality, Murder, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Body horror, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Medical content, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Child death, Suicide, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Excrement, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Classism, Rape, Animal death, and Racism

dabutkus's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

Never has a book been so important at this moment and yet I don’t have words to describe the horrors and tragedy that Ahed has seen in her young life. Yet despite all the pain and suffering she’s witness, her strong and determination is amazing.  Spending eight months in a prison only causes her beliefs and determination to grow. 

I wanted to read a book from a Palestinian’s point of view and this book was a tough read but I leaned a lot while reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Antisemitism, Racism, Child death, Violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Grief

squidreads12's review

dark informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

Extremely inspiring and a galvanizing story. I am constantly impressed by the accomplishments and willpower of young women. I kind of wish there was a bit more historical context but that’s nitpicking. The story spoke for itself and was extremely inspiring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, War, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Genocide, and Gore