Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Desert Flower by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller

5 reviews

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

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

mhigbee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

suzanneke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

j_erics's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Misogyny and Physical abuse

Female genital mutilation