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polkadotgirl's review against another edition
3.0
¿Cómo se puede juzgar un libro en el que una persona como Zanah narra todas las injusticias y atrocidades que tuvo que vivir? Es imposible. Solo diré que el rating que le doy a este libro es simplemente por la manera en que está escrito y mis opiniones más literarias sobre él. No tiene nada que ver con la historia y lo que esta refleja.
Lo más importante de leer libros como "Vendidas" es el obtener nuevas perspectivas de situaciones que nunca nos podríamos imaginar para nosotres mismes pero que millones de otras personas sufren en el mundo. "Vendidas" es la prueba de lo necesario que es un feminismo interseccional que luche por las mujeres de cada rincón del planeta.
Lo más importante de leer libros como "Vendidas" es el obtener nuevas perspectivas de situaciones que nunca nos podríamos imaginar para nosotres mismes pero que millones de otras personas sufren en el mundo. "Vendidas" es la prueba de lo necesario que es un feminismo interseccional que luche por las mujeres de cada rincón del planeta.
justicepirate's review against another edition
4.0
This was an excellent story about two young women (ages 14 & 16) who grew up loving their lives in England (though dealing with a strict father). When men come to visit their home, and their father are speaking in Arabic to these men (which the girls didn't know the language at the time), he sells them as brides to the men's sons for 1300 pounds each. They believe they are going on a vacation to see Yemen. When they arrive to their destination, they are blown away by the awful location and massive heat and rough time of climbing mountains to get to their new homes. They are given to their "husbands" and are made to work under tremendous stress by their in-laws while not understanding Arabic (though eventually learning it).
The whole time that they are in Yemen, the girls want to go back home to England, though their in-laws hope that they will change their minds if they have children. Their mum fights to get her children back, since she had no idea what was happening to them. Their mother was a warrior.
This was an incredible story and definitely shows what is still happening today to many young girls from around the world who are sold off as brides to men and boys and are battered and raped by "husbands". This is the second book I've read with a story like this, and it was filled with descriptions that put you in their shoes.
My copy of this book is old, so I am unsure as to what has since happened to Nadia & her family and Marcus. I hope that if anyone reads the updated version of this book, they can let me know if they read my review! I only found rumors of what happened through the internet. My heart is so sad for these women.
Sure there were some spelling errors in the book, and grammatical problems, but it wasn't often.
The whole time that they are in Yemen, the girls want to go back home to England, though their in-laws hope that they will change their minds if they have children. Their mum fights to get her children back, since she had no idea what was happening to them. Their mother was a warrior.
This was an incredible story and definitely shows what is still happening today to many young girls from around the world who are sold off as brides to men and boys and are battered and raped by "husbands". This is the second book I've read with a story like this, and it was filled with descriptions that put you in their shoes.
My copy of this book is old, so I am unsure as to what has since happened to Nadia & her family and Marcus. I hope that if anyone reads the updated version of this book, they can let me know if they read my review! I only found rumors of what happened through the internet. My heart is so sad for these women.
Sure there were some spelling errors in the book, and grammatical problems, but it wasn't often.
whackystar's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Child abuse, Violence, Slavery, Sexism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
karenleagermain's review against another edition
3.0
Continuing with my summer trend of reading memoirs...This one was about a British girl and her sister who were tricked into going to Yemen under the guise of a vacation, when in reality their father had sold them off to be married. The book followed their ordeal in Yemen and their fight to escape. A compelling story that was a quick read.
vikingwolf's review against another edition
3.0
British schoolgirls Zana and Nadia are excited when their father offers them a holiday in Yemen to visit relatives but they are unaware that they have been sold as child brides to his friends, and are then trapped in Yemen. Raped by their new 'husbands', used as slave labour in terrible conditions, Zana is determined to get a message to her mother to beg for help. But Nadia is in a worse situation when she gets pregnant and faces leaving her children behind to escape.
What a shocking book. You imagine that British citizens in this day and age would have rights and that our government would demand these girls be released but nobody seemed interested in doing anything to help as years dragged by in their ordeal. The girls were British born yet were held in Yemen against their will, and only their mother seemed to be trying to help them.
What a shocking book. You imagine that British citizens in this day and age would have rights and that our government would demand these girls be released but nobody seemed interested in doing anything to help as years dragged by in their ordeal. The girls were British born yet were held in Yemen against their will, and only their mother seemed to be trying to help them.
lazylys's review against another edition
5.0
Si può dare un voto a una testimonianza di vita? No, ma lo faccio comunque: perché Vendute! è un racconto straziante e travolgente di una realtà terribile e che troppo spesso facciamo finta di non vedere.
Un libro che dovrebbero leggere tutti. Una consapevolezza che tutti dovrebbero sviluppare.
Un libro che dovrebbero leggere tutti. Una consapevolezza che tutti dovrebbero sviluppare.
allbookedup_'s review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book.
The way that Zana wrote her story was captivating and had me turning page after page, engrossed in the horrors that she experienced. She wrote it as you would hear her speak it which I think was important and really drew my attention more into her life. There were parts of the book that were so horrible to think of that I did have to put the book down and actually walk away; I couldn’t imagine the horrors actually happening in the world.
Overall I would recommend this book and I do think it is important to get these sisters stories out there instead of hiding what is happening.
The way that Zana wrote her story was captivating and had me turning page after page, engrossed in the horrors that she experienced. She wrote it as you would hear her speak it which I think was important and really drew my attention more into her life. There were parts of the book that were so horrible to think of that I did have to put the book down and actually walk away; I couldn’t imagine the horrors actually happening in the world.
Overall I would recommend this book and I do think it is important to get these sisters stories out there instead of hiding what is happening.