Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody

3 reviews

kitza2000's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

5.0

i don’t think it’s fair to say this book is racist against iranians. while no one can paint all people of the same race with the same brush, betty is entitled to tell her story as it happened. it has been proven to be accurate by various sources, and while details the horrible truths of irianians that did her wrong, she certainly also speaks of those who helped her, who saved her life and allowed her to live to tell her story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, and War

Minor: Child death, Terminal illness, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

snarkycrafter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

2.5

The story is worth reading and worth telling. I just wish that the author’s disdain for Iranians and their culture wasn’t as forefront and underscored as it in during the first half of the book. While she has clear and definitive reasons to dislike those who partook in her imprisonment, during most of the first half of the book and then less so throughout the rest of the text, she makes pointed vocabulary and tone choices that disparage the Iranian culture almost wholly. 

I almost DNFd the book about 40% in but pushed through because I really wanted to know her story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Incest, and Suicidal thoughts

ailli1's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment