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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexiévich
29 reviews
michipez's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, and War
Moderate: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
georgiarybanks's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Rape, Antisemitism, Suicide, Torture, Animal death, and War
feyha's review against another edition
5.0
This book has touched me like no other. It touched my soul. It has stories of survival, perseverance, even happiness, where there is nothing but utter despair. It demonstrates the perseverance of a human being, of a woman.
It's not an easy read at all. But the collection of transcripts makes it easy to get through. As morbid as it may seem, I really really enjoyed reading this book.
There's just so much about human emotion that we may think we know, but I'm absolutely sure we don't.
How terrible war is, how people still survive and sometimes manage to thrive, this book talks about it. It's so much more than the glorification of war. It's the real deal. The day to day.
It talks about what it meant to be a woman, where everything about war, every resource to fight the war, was made having men in mind.
It talks about how men could be so protective of the women in their divisions, so helpful to them, while at the same time go and rape the enemies' women in unspeakable ways.
It talks about how women were slut-shamed for participating, how their stories were ignored, how the same men who'd give their lives protecting these women during the war, were the ones who humiliated them so after.
This is a tear-jerker. I wish more would read this book. I wish to read the rest of this author's books sometime in the future- not now, because there's only so much emotional turmoil one can go through. But it was absolutely worth it, every second of it.
Graphic: War, Rape, and Murder
aliteracja's review against another edition
Moderate: War and Violence
serendipitysbooks's review
4.75
The other thing I appreciated about the volume is that the author included some of her experience creating the book - her inspiration, the reactions of women when she contacted them, her own thoughts and feelings as her work progressed, and some of the material Soviet censors rejected when the books was first published.
So glad that I finally picked this book up.
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Misogyny
brittmariasbooks's review against another edition
4.5
Content warning voor bloed, verkrachting, dood, verwondingen, oorlog.
Moderate: Blood, Death, War, and Rape
valentia's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: War
Moderate: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Gun violence, and Death
cecilit's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: War
runnermax's review
4.25
Graphic: War, Murder, and Gore