Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim
2 reviews
librarymouse's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Suki Kim is a gifted story teller and personalized the students she worked with to her readers expertly. The lives of the elite children of North Korea aren't something outsiders have access to, and they feel dystopian in a way that's unfamiliar to a western audience. Despite the unfamiliarity, there is a through line of familiar discontentment. They lack the vocabulary to express their sorrows, fears, and desires in a way that is hard to fathom. I hope that some day the cognitive dissonance that's foundational to the continued survival of the North Korean regime falls to revolution.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Colonisation, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Classism, Animal death, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, Police brutality, Sexism, Slavery, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Religious bigotry
Minor: Medical content, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail
droggelbecher42's review
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
Extremely disturbing read, had to put this down multiple times, it was so disheartening.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Slavery
Minor: Animal death
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