Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

6 reviews

angeldevoursliterature's review against another edition

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

4.0

I want to clarify that my rating is solely for the book and not for Malala as a person.
The book covers Malala's life story in great detail, from her childhood to the time when her family stayed in Birmingham. However, I did face some issues with the writing, particularly with the way the political and historical accounts were intertwined with its personal reflections. Nevertheless, it was still worth reading, and her story is truly enlightening and inspiring. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for an eye-opening read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Animal death, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Sexism, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and War

coti_passadore's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Medical content, and Death

Minor: War

saadamansayyed's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

 A poignant exploration of her fight for women's education, culminating in her October 2012 shooting in a school bus, and the traumatic aftermath that followed. Malala's memoir is unabashedly Malala in its spirit — full of honesty and youthful optimism. This updated version includes an update preface and an interview in the appendices.

While people may have different personal opinions about Yousafzai, one thing is clear — her courage and her determination for her purpose is worthy of being inspired of. In spite of all that was done to her and said to her, Malala used her voice for the cause of peace and education.

The book takee us all the way back to 1969, when Ziauddin Yousfazai, Malala's father, school owner, educational activist and her greatest mentor, was born in Shangla. Chronicling her father's early days followed by her (then seventeen-year) life, the book takes you to the beautiful lands of Swat, once known for their magnificence and which were turned into terrible places to be by the miltiant violence in the area.

The book uses simple language to tackle difficult subjects, doing so with maddening elegance and a sense of honesty. The book needs some work on pacing, but when was real life paced perfectly? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Genocide, War, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

chaya_v's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I’ve been wanting to read this book for years but had never come around to it. This book was a great reminder of how important education is and how we still have a long way to go before every child gets to go to school. But it’s also encouraging to see how someone can dedicate their life to fighting for this right. Her story is very inspiring and I’ve really enjoyed reading about her perspective on life in general as well. 

This would be a 5-star book but I just had a hard time at some points to get through the more information packed chapters. I understand of course that the history and politics matter but it was sometimes hard to assimilate all the information.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Hate crime, Gun violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Murder

calthapalustris's review

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

josy_trapp's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Suicide