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kolakubez07's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Another one ticked off my reading list and such a good read I literally haven’t been able to put it down.
This is a true account of the events of Zana and her sister Nadia being sold to Yemeni men at the age of 15 and being torn from what they knew and the people they loved.
The events talk about being lied to, raped, made to work, kept as a prisoner, getting pregnant and of course trying to escape and having to survive.
Through all the trying and keeping the faith we follow what happens to both girls but there is more to come from this story..
A great read for any true story lover or for those interested in culture and wanting to know more about escaping cruelty.
This is a true account of the events of Zana and her sister Nadia being sold to Yemeni men at the age of 15 and being torn from what they knew and the people they loved.
The events talk about being lied to, raped, made to work, kept as a prisoner, getting pregnant and of course trying to escape and having to survive.
Through all the trying and keeping the faith we follow what happens to both girls but there is more to come from this story..
A great read for any true story lover or for those interested in culture and wanting to know more about escaping cruelty.
nora_d_tinta_y_papel's review against another edition
5.0
Desgarradora. Increíble lo que puede hacer una madre por sus hijas. Me deja el corazón apachurrado y me mente en todas esas personas que no pueden ser libres.
estanceveyrac's review against another edition
5.0
John Green's last video reminded me about reading this book when I was 10 years old, a book that stayed with me for a long time...
polkadotgirl's review against another edition
3.0
¿Cómo se puede juzgar un libro en el que una persona como Zanah narra todas las injusticias y atrocidades que tuvo que vivir? Es imposible. Solo diré que el rating que le doy a este libro es simplemente por la manera en que está escrito y mis opiniones más literarias sobre él. No tiene nada que ver con la historia y lo que esta refleja.
Lo más importante de leer libros como "Vendidas" es el obtener nuevas perspectivas de situaciones que nunca nos podríamos imaginar para nosotres mismes pero que millones de otras personas sufren en el mundo. "Vendidas" es la prueba de lo necesario que es un feminismo interseccional que luche por las mujeres de cada rincón del planeta.
Lo más importante de leer libros como "Vendidas" es el obtener nuevas perspectivas de situaciones que nunca nos podríamos imaginar para nosotres mismes pero que millones de otras personas sufren en el mundo. "Vendidas" es la prueba de lo necesario que es un feminismo interseccional que luche por las mujeres de cada rincón del planeta.
gaellesbooknook's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
karenleagermain's review against another edition
3.0
Continuing with my summer trend of reading memoirs...This one was about a British girl and her sister who were tricked into going to Yemen under the guise of a vacation, when in reality their father had sold them off to be married. The book followed their ordeal in Yemen and their fight to escape. A compelling story that was a quick read.
vikingwolf's review against another edition
3.0
British schoolgirls Zana and Nadia are excited when their father offers them a holiday in Yemen to visit relatives but they are unaware that they have been sold as child brides to his friends, and are then trapped in Yemen. Raped by their new 'husbands', used as slave labour in terrible conditions, Zana is determined to get a message to her mother to beg for help. But Nadia is in a worse situation when she gets pregnant and faces leaving her children behind to escape.
What a shocking book. You imagine that British citizens in this day and age would have rights and that our government would demand these girls be released but nobody seemed interested in doing anything to help as years dragged by in their ordeal. The girls were British born yet were held in Yemen against their will, and only their mother seemed to be trying to help them.
What a shocking book. You imagine that British citizens in this day and age would have rights and that our government would demand these girls be released but nobody seemed interested in doing anything to help as years dragged by in their ordeal. The girls were British born yet were held in Yemen against their will, and only their mother seemed to be trying to help them.