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okahli's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and War
Moderate: Child death and Xenophobia
abbie_'s review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
This is a thought-provoking and nuanced account of several women and girls and the circumstances that led them to leave their home countries and join ISIS in Syria. It’s not an apologist book trying to make excuses for these women, but an attempt to make people see beyond the overly simplified one-sided versions of these women’s stories reported in places like the British tabloids. To understand that these women and often, children, had been let down consistently by their various states and governments, while at the same time being lured by savvy recruiters telling them what they wanted to hear. Moaveni gathers all of these accounts to piece together what pushed these women to their decision, and if we can understand that we could maybe understand how to stop it happening again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry
littlefemur's review against another edition
challenging
informative
5.0
What an incredible book! So detailed, and empathetic. Really beautiful writing bout a difficult topic
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, and War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Rape, Grief, and Religious bigotry
lucindareads's review against another edition
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
This was really insightful and I learnt a lot, particularly as Moaveni weaved the ongoing politics into the narrative. My only critique was that there were so many storylines to follow and sometimes the contextual information disrupted the flow of the women’s stories.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence and Islamophobia
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