Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

För att kunna leva: en nordkoreansk flickas resa till frihet by Maryanne Vollers, Yeonmi Park

49 reviews

ravina_b's review against another edition

challenging fast-paced

Feels inappropriate to rate this, but I will say that it’s so insightful and such a harrowing and heartbreaking read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

multitalented_egg's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer and Sexism

gracie_reads_everything's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A very powerful and moving story about a North Korean defector turned human rights advocate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

Biography, autobiography, memoir, North Korea, human rights, powerful

makesnononsense's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

livay's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Classism, and Deportation

kjack99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

clare_dv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Deportation

elkiebear's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Rape

rachreads681's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

sabrinz's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

This book was given to my by a friend as a present with the words "a friend recommended it to me and said it would make my cry!"

Needless to say, this book and the real story it conveys did make me cry. But not for the brutal honesty with which Yeonmi Park describes her journey to freedom (I was mainly too shocked and heartbroken), but the positive outlook on her future and what she is trying to do with her voice and her story.

Simpyl because of the nature of this joruney, it is not a light read, but very much worth it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Genocide, and Suicide