Reviews tagging 'Violence'

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

63 reviews

random19379's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, War, Sexism, Violence, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

bexi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, War, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Classism, Child death, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Animal death, Grief, and Sexism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Rape, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Torture, and Domestic abuse

caitlink's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Sexism, and War

Minor: Death

annbanane's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

This was never an easy book to pick up, and I struggled with some of the history, but it is an engaging and compelling story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

pumpkinpit's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Violence

calthapalustris's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Amazingly written. Would be lying if I said I didn't cry a few times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, War, and Medical trauma

aguattery's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

Admittedly it did take me 3 tries before I could finish this book - terrible choice for getting out of a reading slump. 

Once I was able to get into it though it turned out to be compelling. Malala's story is one that sticks with you and the way this book bounces between hopeful, inspiring, and funny anecdotes and serious, heart breaking tragedies is so well done. It's a great book to learn about the history of Pakistan as well.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Violence

balfies's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

4.5

I mean, what can you say. What an incredible woman. And a really beautifully, artfully written book. The politics leading up to her attempted assassination are laid out clearly, and are infused with her warmth and passion and humour.

Key takeaway quote "Sometimes I think it is easier to be a Twilight vampire than a girl in Swat" really dates her experiences as a teen girl in the early 2010s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, Gun violence, Gore, Death, Child death, and Blood

ameliapagee's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

mandi4886's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Vomit