Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Wüstenblume by Waris Dirie

7 reviews

eliel's review against another edition

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

2.75

Waris on vahva nainen. Hänen tarinansa on karu ja osin hyvin surullinen, mutta siinä on myös paljon toivoa. Kirja on hyvää luettavaa lähes kenelle vain länsimaiselle ihmiselle.

Tarina itsessään on tärkeä ja hyvä lukea, mutta sen kerronta ei kuitenkaan ole kaksista. Välillä ajattelin kääntäjän vain irrottelevan, mutta kirjassa oli myös tarpeetonta toistoa eli kirjailija itsekin vaikutti asiaan. Joidenkin yksityiskohtien todenperäisyyttä jäin pohtimaan.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

marthaalice's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, and Sexism

Minor: Child death and Death

grboph's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

This was a really quick read, and very engaging and inspiring. Waris Dirie is an incredibly brave, strong human being with a truly incredible story that I believe is important for people to hear, as it humanizes many important global issues that may not be as familiar to people in the Global North. I find it very inspiring how Dirie is using her experiences and platform for good. My favorite aspect of this book was how personal it was - whenever I was reading it, I felt like I was sitting down across from Dirie, listening to her tell me her life story. All in all, this was a wonderful book about an amazing person that I felt very fortunate to have been able to read. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes memoirs or who is looking for something quick to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Body horror, Gore, Medical content, Sexual violence, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, War, Death, Deportation, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Colonisation, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, and Pregnancy

mhigbee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Torture

anskutiti's review against another edition

challenging informative sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: War and Pregnancy

elodiepoline404's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Racism, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Animal death

memorable's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Das Buch erzählt die Lebensgeschichte der UN-Botschafterin Waris Dirie und das war bei weitem kein einfaches Leben. Ich werde die Biografie nicht bewerten, da ich dies als unangemessen empfinde.

An einigen Stellen hat mir die Darstellung Somalias und damit die des afrikanischen Kontinents ein ungutes Gefühl gegeben, da sie sehr angelehnt an die westliche Denk- und Sichtweise des Kontinents ist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

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