Reviews tagging 'Death'

Desert Flower by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller

5 reviews

marthaalice's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Child death and Death

grboph's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

This was a really quick read, and very engaging and inspiring. Waris Dirie is an incredibly brave, strong human being with a truly incredible story that I believe is important for people to hear, as it humanizes many important global issues that may not be as familiar to people in the Global North. I find it very inspiring how Dirie is using her experiences and platform for good. My favorite aspect of this book was how personal it was - whenever I was reading it, I felt like I was sitting down across from Dirie, listening to her tell me her life story. All in all, this was a wonderful book about an amazing person that I felt very fortunate to have been able to read. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes memoirs or who is looking for something quick to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Deportation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation

kiabejero's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

sophie_visentin's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

memorable's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Das Buch erzählt die Lebensgeschichte der UN-Botschafterin Waris Dirie und das war bei weitem kein einfaches Leben. Ich werde die Biografie nicht bewerten, da ich dies als unangemessen empfinde.

An einigen Stellen hat mir die Darstellung Somalias und damit die des afrikanischen Kontinents ein ungutes Gefühl gegeben, da sie sehr angelehnt an die westliche Denk- und Sichtweise des Kontinents ist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

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