Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Desert Flower by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller

6 reviews

eliel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.75

Waris on vahva nainen. Hänen tarinansa on karu ja osin hyvin surullinen, mutta siinä on myös paljon toivoa. Kirja on hyvää luettavaa lähes kenelle vain länsimaiselle ihmiselle.

Tarina itsessään on tärkeä ja hyvä lukea, mutta sen kerronta ei kuitenkaan ole kaksista. Välillä ajattelin kääntäjän vain irrottelevan, mutta kirjassa oli myös tarpeetonta toistoa eli kirjailija itsekin vaikutti asiaan. Joidenkin yksityiskohtien todenperäisyyttä jäin pohtimaan.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

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

nonfictionfeminist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Trigger warning for discussions and descriptions of female genital mutilation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror 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

rshnit's review

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

Waris Dirie's memoir takes you from the adventures of the desert in her childhood to her bustling city life of London & New York. 

Her bravery to seize so many opportunities is truly inspiring, however the trauma she faced as a young girl is constantly reminded to the reader. She shows resilience at every point in her life and for myself she defeated the stereotype of a young nomad. 

In the later years, Waris uses her platform to reach out against FGM to young girls and raise awareness to the ever increasing suffering of Female Genital Mutilation both in Africa, and the spread of this practice to the Western world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts