Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

75 reviews

elisalasater's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, and Gun violence

_p0ssum_'s review against another edition

informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.75

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Graphic: Gun violence and Sexism

eib_21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

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Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, War, Child death, and Religious bigotry

bashsbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.25

This book was fascinating, and I am in awe of Malala's spirit, faith, and drive. My major issue with it, however, is that I can see - very clearly - that Christina Lamb collaborated on this. It reads, at many times, like a history of Pakistan (specifically a history of Pakistani relations with the West). It feels as though information about Malala, her family, and her experience are tossed in here and there, rather than the other way around. I realize that some of that is so Western readers have context, but I think it went into a distracting amount of detail. I would love to read something Malala has written on her own, without a hovering need to make Westerners understand every bit of it via overexplanation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Misogyny, Violence, War, Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Torture and Animal death

-Colorism (many asides about skin lightening) -Suicide in the context of suicide bombing -Political assassinations (both attempted and succeeded) -Terrorism

kilonshele's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Gun violence

agatha_hopkins's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexism, and War

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Grief, Gore, Blood, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Stalking, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Body horror, and Animal death

ireadinbed's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

4.75

It is always weird rating memoirs, but i will qualify that i read this book aloud to my kid so im reviewing from that perspective. 

The way Malala illustrates her life, upbringing, and personal worldview makes it easy to understand her. 

Even my young daughter got a lot out of what she had to say and i was surprised by how much i was touched by the descriptions of fear. School shootings here in america came to mind often

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment

jessspeake's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

miss_interociter's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Gun violence