Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Der Wahrheit verpflichtet: Meine Geschichte by Kamala Harris

6 reviews

dkamada's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

hailey9972_'s review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

This is exactly what I would expect from a Senator or District Attorney’s book. The book is broken into 10 chapters, so buckle up for each one to be long and at times confusing. I enjoyed when Kamala went into personal anecdotes that revealed more about her on an emotional level, but those were few and far between. I would’ve liked to see her become more vulnerable. This book was published Pre-COVID, Pre-Vice Presidency, and now Pre-Running as the nominee for Democrats, so I’ll be awaiting another book.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Racism, Rape, Death of parent, and Classism

kmhst25's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

2.5

A pretty basic political book. There’s nothing particularly wrong with it, but I think VP Harris’ Wikipedia page could tell you most of the information contained within these pages. This is not a slight against her, just a slight against the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Drug abuse, Rape, and Deportation

Minor: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, and War

prachidayal's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

• Long read (10+ hours)
• The book began to lose me because, with success, she blended in with other politicians.
• I liked the organization of the book and how empirics and stories were intertwined.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

teaofleaves's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

It was quite an insightful book into how Kamala Harris was shaped into the woman she is today and how she thinks. It's as though we actually know her from how her personality is on the pages. It is an alright book, an interesting memoir, that I can relax to and wind down with, but it doesn't stand out to me too much though (a personal thought mind you. This memoir might stand out more to you than it did for me). There some things I quite enjoyed reading of like her early days as a lawyer and some cases she worked on along with her role in the US' political world and her role as a Senator, and as a politician herself. Ending is especially powerful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and War

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

The Truths We Hold provides a good balance between learning about Kamala Harris and how she rose to become senator alongside the multiple policies and societal issues that she faced during her career. While the explanation of the latter was very informative and provided understanding on the tough decisions she had to make, it would have been great to learn more about her and her family.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Murder