Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

5 reviews

karwc's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

bookishcookiemonster's review against another edition

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

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

That was amazing. I finished this book in one sitting. I love the way Kamali writes. She grips you from her first sentence and doesn't let you go until her last.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

nataliecoyne's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I won a hardcover copy of this book in a Goodreads giveaway, and so I first want to thank Goodreads and the publisher for that (also, it only took 3 days to arrive which was incredible!). Winning it, and having it arrive so quickly, is the reason I was even able to read this in 2024, as I had been on a long waiting list to get a copy from the library (my local library system in total has 2 copies, but by the time this arrived, I was still 8th in line, there are so many holds). Anyway, all of that said, this is an incredible book (and is definitely worthy of all of those holds)!

I was a bit worried about reading it as I read a book earlier this year that also had to do with Iranian women and found that book quite boring (won't name it in this review). I was worried that maybe I just find the subject manner boring. But that was definitely not the case, as I really enjoyed this read and this is easily a 5-star read. I definitely plan to look into Marjan Kamali's other books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infertility, Rape, Xenophobia, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kimveach's review

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

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book resonated with me.  The story of women losing their rights in Iran in the late 1970s due to conservative religious men seems very timely.  The friendship between two young girls who grow into very different women is lovely.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage

torturedreadersdept's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism