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Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the Lives of Women by Christina Lamb
12 reviews
fordie_e's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
elerisarsfield's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, and War
Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexism, and Suicide
Minor: Self harm
kirstenf's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy
Minor: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Deportation
annniina98's review against another edition
4.5
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
gabbybabe's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Rape, Violence, and Trafficking
Minor: Suicide
beckyp91's review against another edition
3.75
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
el_za_k's review against another edition
5.0
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
blueskies157's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and War
katie_biggs7's review
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment
amanda_'s review against another edition
3.0
○ A number of women tell their stories in this book, each one as horrifying as the next. Painful memories are brought up and discussed how they have affected the women, many of whom have still not seen justice been brought. It also goes into details on how, just because the conflict(s) ended, the women are in some cases shunned from society as speaking up against their abusers meant they were looked down upon by their own communities.
○ At times repetitive, although understandable given the topic at hand. It is not easy reading, following one conflict and the women's accounts of how they were abused, some in one instance, others kept as sexual slaves for weeks, months, years. Each story deserves its place in history, for sure, but in this narrative they start to blend into each other some eerily similar. Which of course is a good point, showing that despite international condemnation, this type of violence directed toward women keeps on happening. But the book manage to convey this message and would have done so without such density of violence. A broader analysis is missing and could've easily fit in between the women's stories for a larger picture.
○ One complaint: Lamb tends to insert herself in the narrative, often commenting on how she did something, said something, that is not necessarily relevant to the narrative. She mentions her own trips in the countries she visits between her meetings with the women, commenting on how it's difficult to understand how blood had run in a certain building just years before. Or how she many times mention how someone told her, as if it is special that she's telling it to her and not someone else. It's a minor thing maybe, but not to me, because it jars with the idea that the books is about the women who suffered during the wars.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder