Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad

10 reviews

ibbyyyyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Gun violence, War, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Sexism, Genocide, Grief, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

ekmartin's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Vomit, Colonisation, Slavery, War, Trafficking, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

thecozybee's review against another edition

5.0

**Review to come. I’m still processing this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, War, Violence, and Genocide

theasbookworld's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Murder, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Grief, Child death, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Vomit, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Mass/school shootings

emmakanjo's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Torture, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, War, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Rape, and Sexual violence

palis's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, and Violence

agneswilhelmine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Genocide, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Slavery, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Death of parent, and Death

ivassavi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

(2021 Book#12)
3.5-3.75⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence

laurikas's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.5

This book is tough, the story is so harrowing it physically hurts to read it.

But I understand it's Nadia's right to tell it, however way she wants to tell it.
It does not do to keep silent, and what courage it must take to face it all every day. I admire her for speaking out and for being so active in trying to stop the atrocities against her ethnicity and religious belief.

The only reason I won't rate this any higher is that I expected a bit more from the book - perhaps some more historical context, a different approach to the storytelling, to what the future should look like, even more political, more demanding, more forceful. As it is, I felt it repetitive and very descriptive of violence that we know exist - world is evil - but that could be triggered differently. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Vomit

melannrosenthal's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, and Torture