Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Dead Girls by Selva Almada

8 reviews

mafemoreno's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

megmoore123's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Stalking, Body horror, Genocide, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

yanulya's review

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Rape

sarafornes's review against another edition

informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Violence

alexaisreading's review

dark informative

4.0

CW: rape, violence against women, femicide 

Per the back cover, Dead Girls is not a police chronicle nor a thriller, but a work of journalistic fiction weaving together facts and fabricated details. 

I flew through this incredibly haunting and engrossing book in two days. Translated from the Spanish, it is slim but heavy, and tells the stories of three young Argentine women— Andrea Danne, María Luisa Quevedo, and Sarita Mundín— from provincial towns whose brutal murders were never solved, for whom justice has still not been served. Almada condemns the patriarchy and femicide for what it is— hate crime against women— and includes information from case files and news reports, conversations with family members, sessions with a psychic, and background research. Questions linger on every page: Can we accept how others grieve? Is it possible to live without remorse? When will women be safe and young girls taught to challenge the shame and blame they are unfairly burdened with? And perhaps most poignant— why?

It can be tricky to keep up with the many names and cities and how the book bounces from one woman’s story to another, and back to Almada’s memories, but this is a very important topic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Violence

Minor: Rape

lilyadams's review

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Absolutely heartbreaking look at femicide in Argentina. Beautifully written but factual in the harsh reality of the topic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Death

inmyshelves's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.25

Una crónica atrapan que va de fondo a los casos de tres femicidios que ocurrieron en el interior de Argentina. El libro hace un esfuerzo por recordar lo que las noticias abandonaron. Tenso por la realidad de todo lo contado y lo que se vive cómo mujer en este país. El contenido me parece extremadamente importante porque te recuerda que aunque a veces parezca que estamos mejor, estas cosas siguen pasando. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse and Trafficking

zoeelizaking's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault