Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

90 reviews

salemander's review against another edition

5.0

beautiful hopeful and inspiring. loved this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

kawaii_rose's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book, it was great to find someone who also felt the same way about Islam when they found out they were queer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

Minor: Toxic relationship

kelseyfactorial's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Xenophobia

siriface's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault

zee's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Habib's story is highly moving and so captivating, especially surrounding her experience as an Ahmadi Muslim in Pakistan before the move to Canada. Following that, her resilient journey to escape the rigid expectations of her parents and discover her true self is amazing.

However, as the book goes on, it starts to gloss over what would seem to be important events to her personal discovery. As deep and moving as the first half of the book is, once Habib leaves high school the rest of the story skims very quickly and it seems to be a very surface level look at her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia and Sexism

Moderate: Racial slurs and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault and Child abuse

amandachar's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

doramag's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

sapphicbookfae's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

this is the best book i've read this year and it's my first five star read. i cried multiple times because Samra Habib's voice is so honest and true. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Xenophobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual content

danielle_sips_tea's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

readinghavoc's review against another edition

4.25

I really really enjoyed reading this. Like a good memoir usually does, this felt both enlightening and highly relatable. I'm really glad to have gotten to read something on the relationship between religion and queerness that was both really similar and so different from my own experiences and questions. Habib's voice was strong and impressive — reading this felt like listening to and learning from a kind friend with more life experience to share. I think this would be a good read for anyone trying to unpack the relationship between their faith and identity, anyone who is trying to build a healthy relationship with a complicated parent, or anyone who wants to think some more about intersectionality and activism. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual assault and Stalking