Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

7 reviews

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

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

kibbles15's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense

5.0

All I can say it wow! This is well written memoir about Malala Yousafzai and her family. From this memoir, all I can say is what an amazing family. I highly recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide

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

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

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

miss_granger's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This was incredible; Yousafzai's is heart breaking, but important for everyone to know. She stood up for what she believed in and admitted that there were issues within her community which is what all of us should do. I learned more than what I already knew about the society and cultures of Pakistan and vital events in its history, so not only was the book inspiring, but informative too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, and Sexism

Minor: Miscarriage and Rape