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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexiévich
11 reviews
nornors's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, and Deportation
Moderate: Alcoholism, Genocide, and Antisemitism
littleredwinter's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
seph5040's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War
thebowandthebook's review
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, and Abortion
rcsreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
cword's review against another edition
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
dnl83ldn's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Rape, Murder, and War
feyha's review against another edition
5.0
This book has touched me like no other. It touched my soul. It has stories of survival, perseverance, even happiness, where there is nothing but utter despair. It demonstrates the perseverance of a human being, of a woman.
It's not an easy read at all. But the collection of transcripts makes it easy to get through. As morbid as it may seem, I really really enjoyed reading this book.
There's just so much about human emotion that we may think we know, but I'm absolutely sure we don't.
How terrible war is, how people still survive and sometimes manage to thrive, this book talks about it. It's so much more than the glorification of war. It's the real deal. The day to day.
It talks about what it meant to be a woman, where everything about war, every resource to fight the war, was made having men in mind.
It talks about how men could be so protective of the women in their divisions, so helpful to them, while at the same time go and rape the enemies' women in unspeakable ways.
It talks about how women were slut-shamed for participating, how their stories were ignored, how the same men who'd give their lives protecting these women during the war, were the ones who humiliated them so after.
This is a tear-jerker. I wish more would read this book. I wish to read the rest of this author's books sometime in the future- not now, because there's only so much emotional turmoil one can go through. But it was absolutely worth it, every second of it.
Graphic: Rape, Murder, and War
runnermax's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Gore, Murder, and War
mina_m's review against another edition
5.0
Also, reading this while serving in the military was a quite the experience. While I haven’t experienced war, it’s strange how many of the typical military things I recognized.
Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Murder