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The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad
3 reviews
emmakanjo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.75
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
agneswilhelmine's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
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
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Torture
Minor: Vomit
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