Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

15 reviews

dua_liepard's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

196books's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia and Homophobia

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

fox's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

a moving, thought-provoking, and wholly important memoir. i was particularly affected by samra's descriptions of her complex relationship with her faith not simply as a religion but a facet of her roots, culture and self. worth checking out the "content warnings" if you need them before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

I don't give star ratings to nonfiction usually. 

This was such an interesting and important memoir and I am really glad that I picked it up. While it jumped back and forth between things a bit much for my liking, I am grateful to have read Samra Habib's story and had some insight into the queer Muslim community within Canada. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

ddnreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

It started as something heart wrenching and I can't say that she had it easy in the beginning. However, as the goes by I found myself inspired, relieve and soooo happy with what she had became. The reconciliation with the family, the bravery of become visible and bold. The community she's helping to grow, the protection. It gave lots of insight revolving childhood trauma. How even after years, those things could haunt us and we need to remind ourselves to breath and sorted it out. A precious self discovery journey 💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

nefariousbee's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

it's wonderful having queer Muslims sharing their journey so openly, giving others who face similar struggles the figure they can look up to and see someone like them, to know they can do it, they can be okay.
i Will be recommending this book to my best friend who is queer and a Muslim, and at the beginning of their journey, when the time is right <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Racism, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, and Incest

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, and Classism

mmefish's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Flew through it in a day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Murder, Racism, Violence, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Racial slurs

sweetgreen27's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

notnicolebrewer's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective

5.0

This was a beautiful book, into which my heart curled comfortably and in which I found tenderness and familiarity, although I am only queer, not Muslim, not an immigrant, not a person of colour. I think that is part of the magic of Samra Habib's writing, is that she makes her memoir feel deeply relatable, even if the reader cannot, in fact, relate. Because of this, the scope and breadth of information she shares with us is easily internalized; it feels impossible to read this book without learning something, without ending up a slightly more compassionate person than you started. I am so grateful to Habib for her story, for her writing, for her sharing, and I plan to recommend this to everyone as a first step in understanding intersectionality.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

sabrina_d_arcy's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Islamophobia, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Racism