Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

47 reviews

aguattery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

This review is more about the book itself then Yeonmi's life story. Her life and journey to freedom was so tragic and complex, and it was beautiful to watch her hold on to hope. 

That being said, the writing style didn't sit well with me. It was VERY choppy and at times I didn't understand how we jumped from one topic to the next. Each chapter felt like reading an essay written by a middle schooler. And maybe that was purposeful to make the story accessible but it didn't work for me. It almost felt like  I almost thought about dnf'ing it because of that but it's such an important story that I finished it anyway. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Abortion, Stalking, and Xenophobia

a789's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Racial slurs

meenakshi's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Harrowing but inspiring 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Trafficking

Moderate: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Slavery

karingforbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Read the trigger warnings! 
This was amazing. I don’t know much about North Korea beyond what’s taught in the west which is propaganda to showcase democracy as the best. I enjoyed learning about the details of North Korea and how bad it actually was. Not to say I enjoy human suffering but it was educational and well written. She writes in a conversational and emotional manner which will definitely pull at your remotiosn whether that’s anger, sorrow or compassion. It’s a hard read because of all the horrific things this woman experienced but it’s an important read, not only because we can learn about a repressive regime but because many of the events she experienced can be analogized to events in the west (immigration for one). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Xenophobia, Rape, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Cancer

Minor: Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

pengi's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Grief, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Blood, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Physical abuse, Torture, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Bullying, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Stalking, War, and Sexism

barbiejoon12's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Rape, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

lizgonzo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Torture, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Confinement, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

alicemelvin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

renrenren's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

jules_07's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Sexual assault, Rape, Trafficking, and Adult/minor relationship