Reviews tagging 'War'

Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the Lives of Women by Christina Lamb

22 reviews

annniina98's review against another edition

4.5

May be clear to everyone, but to check content warnings. This book is definitely not for everyone. But if you can read about these topics, I'd highly recommend this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism and Abortion

anna_lea2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and War

lucywadley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

beckyp91's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

3.75

The stories in this book are enormously important and I'm in awe of the strength of the survivors telling their stories, and of the tenacity of the author in listening and recounting their experiences. For that reason this book is enormously important and well worth reading. However I felt that it was let down by the structure of the book and how rushed it felt in places, with little overarching coherence and what felt like random segues in to different timeframes, and some areas where the editing could have caught repetition of facts and phrases within a few pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

frankk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and War

emilily's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Painful to read, and worthy of almost every trigger warning,  yet a very important piece of journalism. Approach with caution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

toastandhoes's review

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, and War

poetskings's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

lindaisaksson's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

el_za_k's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail