Reviews tagging 'Death'

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

30 reviews

helenamichelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, War, and Classism

chrisiant's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Minor: Cannibalism

There are some really tough descriptions of starvation and famine.

astrangewind's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.75

This book is intense, but worth the read.

The oppression faced by North Koreans is unimaginable, and this book brings that to life through a cast of defectors. The facts tell their own story of the struggle to survive. Reading about the famine was almost too much, but I enjoyed reading about their escape. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, War, and Deportation

Minor: Torture, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

jackiepreston's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Police brutality

treeme's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

A surprisingly engaging and emotional ethnography. I think this book could be liked even by people who are not academics because it’s just the story of 6 North Koreans lives

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Police brutality, and Grief

starscollision's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

beholderess's review

dark informative sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, and Death

sgonzo's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

stevie's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Excrement, and Abortion

williamg's review against another edition

challenging dark informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Slavery, Torture, Police brutality, and Grief