Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

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

5 reviews

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, Police brutality, Confinement, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Genocide, Child death, Torture, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Sexism and Sexual harassment

kimreads14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

Tamimi's story is one of thousands that you will hear if you take the time to listen to Palestinian voices. Her recounting of what she went through during her teenage years inside Israeli prison system. 

Ahed is truly a freedom fighter and the fact that she willingly shared her traumatic experience is incredible. She is inspiring and I truly hope that anyone who reads or listens to this book will realize what Palestinian children have to endure daily. 🍉 🫒

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexism, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Torture

barktea's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Sexism, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

abitbetterbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely incredible read. I loved the audiobook and felt that the other author, Dena, did a wonderful job bringing such painful moments and slivers of joy to life. Ahed’s story is heartbreaking and no person should ever have to endure such hardship, especially at such a young age. But despite how dark this book is, Ahed is still able to speak with such hope for the future.

If you are looking to learn more about what Palestinians experience under occupation, this is a really good place to start as a microcosm of the situation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Confinement, Police brutality, Racism, Islamophobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death

diannasbooks's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This memoir was so powerful. I spent the majority of the book ugly crying. It opened my eyes. Due to the current situation going on in Palestine, I went searching and found this book. I had no idea the horrors they are going through and have been going through for 75 years. Please pick up this book. It is so powerful and moving. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Child abuse, Death, Bullying, Ableism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Violence, Torture, Mental illness, War, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Vomit