alanajane's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Rape, Suicide, War, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Medical content, Child death, Injury/injury detail, and Torture
srm's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, War, Child death, Death, and Blood
Minor: Sexual violence and Suicide
edulaia's review
5.0
This book shows all the horrors of war, but it does more than that. It reflects on what it means to be female, what it means to be feminine, what gender is and how it affects people in this extreme situation. It could be read alongside Simone de Beauvoirs Le deuxième sexe and Judith Butlers Gender Trouble. The only thing it misses is any reference to queerness. I get that that is because of the context. Alexievich had trouble getting this past the censors as it is. And maybe it was something that was not even part of the conversations. In any case, this book is well worth reading.
Graphic: Violence and War
Minor: Rape
edurne's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, and War
Moderate: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
aliteracja's review against another edition
Moderate: War and Violence
serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
4.75
The other thing I appreciated about the volume is that the author included some of her experience creating the book - her inspiration, the reactions of women when she contacted them, her own thoughts and feelings as her work progressed, and some of the material Soviet censors rejected when the books was first published.
So glad that I finally picked this book up.
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Misogyny
nerdbird's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Sexual assault
mina_m's review against another edition
5.0
Also, reading this while serving in the military was a quite the experience. While I haven’t experienced war, it’s strange how many of the typical military things I recognized.
Moderate: Death, Violence, Sexism, Rape, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, and Blood
catrina's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence