Reviews tagging 'War'

Razboiul nu are chip de femeie by Svetlana Alexiévich

32 reviews

hyppolitas's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

Incredible, seminal, the starting point of a lot female-centric choral war memoirs. It was a huge inspiration to Campiello-winner Benedetta Tobagi, who wrote La resistenza delle donne about Italian female partisans and resistance members during WWII. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Xenophobia, and War

rcsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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Content Warnings

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

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Rape, Murder, and War

paizliibubs's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Rape

yrlaevelyn's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Genocide, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Excrement, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

rachel281's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

humblebookdragon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, and Medical trauma

selincck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, and Deportation

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Deportation