Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Není co závidět: obyčejné životy v Severní Koreji by Barbara Demick

4 reviews

madicastle's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Violence and Xenophobia

cepbreed's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

My heart and mind are so heavy. For the first time I’ve struggled to sleep after reading a book. The thought of the thousands of starving children, so destitute they don’t own shoes, never mind even a singular morsel of food to eat. I’ve been interested in learning more about the aftermath of the Korean War for a while but I don’t know if I can continue pursuing the topic. One thought about all of those Korean people does make it hard to think of anything else. 

I appreciate Barbara Demick’s knowledge of the topic and her closed pool of defectors that she interviewed, but some part of this book felt like she wasn’t giving readers enough credit. Some bits were needlessly repeated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Excrement, and Cannibalism

marissab's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

this is another one of those books that ive read that i really dont know what to say because it really does speak for itself. i really appreciate how in depth it went into everything because North Korea really isnt a country i knew much about going into it and the atrocities that went on there, so this book is quite invaluable in the knowledge it has

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Excrement and Cannibalism