Reviews tagging 'Gore'

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

7 reviews

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

It took me a long time because of work to feel like I was in a place mentally where I could handle this book, and I'm glad I waited. There were some things I knew, but so many things that I learned reading this book. I really appreciated the pov of someone who is Palestinian and lived there their whole life and is such an activist. I saw so much of our students in her and her story and the way she talks about this conflict, even before it ramped up in 2023. I think it would be very hard for anyone to read this book and be pro-Israel still. Part of me feels a little bit like something about the voice felt off, but I know that's just because the journalist wrote the story (and narrated the audiobook) with Ahed and translation was necessary, so it's fair. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, War, Death, Violence, Genocide, Torture, and Police brutality

Moderate: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, and Gore

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, War, Child abuse, Genocide, Grief, Police brutality, Death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

kalmia31's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Violence, Torture, Confinement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Colonisation, Grief, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Child death, Kidnapping, War, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Child abuse, Classism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit, Cancer, Pandemic/Epidemic, Slavery, and Antisemitism

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, War, Torture, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Racism, Violence, Death, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

shay43geek's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Gore, Colonisation, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Torture, Medical trauma, War, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

readingwithkaitlyn's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, Genocide, Torture, Police brutality, Murder, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Body horror, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Medical content, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Child death, Suicide, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Excrement, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Classism, Rape, Animal death, and Racism

squidreads12's review

dark informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

Extremely inspiring and a galvanizing story. I am constantly impressed by the accomplishments and willpower of young women. I kind of wish there was a bit more historical context but that’s nitpicking. The story spoke for itself and was extremely inspiring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, War, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Genocide, and Gore