Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

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

5 reviews

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

parsa's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia

vitya_scottie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, Classism, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia

surelyinthefountain's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

Enjoyed! Felt the pacing start to drag a little in the last third of the book, but overall, very positive feelings about this book. Learned a lot. The prose is very journalistic and not super "literary", just as an FYI; whether you're into that or not is up to your preference, I guess.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying

Minor: Pedophilia and Self harm

nikolas_fox's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

"Dedicating your life to understanding yourself can be its own form of protest, especially when the world tells you that you don't exist."

This book was really great. I don't read a lot of memoirs, but I am so glad I picked this one up. Samra's unapologetic queerness in combination with her Muslim identity was amazing to read about. So many people say that queer Muslims don't exist and like the title says 'We have always been here' just because you don't see something doesn't mean it's not there.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt