Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

6 reviews

jenniesreadingjourney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, War, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Classism, Child abuse, Murder, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Gaslighting, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Alcoholism, Cancer, Infidelity, Abortion, Medical trauma, Deportation, Hate crime, and Police brutality

marlimeuw's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This is the most informative look on North Korean life before Y2K. If you do not know anything about North Korea, this is a must read.

I wish every person in these stories to live a long, happy, fulfilling future. Thank you all for sharing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Genocide, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Abortion, and Confinement

soulwinds's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence and Physical abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

marissab's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical content, Death, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Classism, Grief, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Child death, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, Deportation, Terminal illness, Torture, Xenophobia, and Gun violence

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

this is another one of those books that ive read that i really dont know what to say because it really does speak for itself. i really appreciate how in depth it went into everything because North Korea really isnt a country i knew much about going into it and the atrocities that went on there, so this book is quite invaluable in the knowledge it has

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Suicide, War, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Medical content, Abortion, Addiction, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Deportation, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexism, Slavery, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Torture, Trafficking, Colonisation, Murder, Racism, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, and Drug use

Moderate: Excrement and Cannibalism

helenamichelle's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Medical trauma, Torture, Classism, Violence, Suicide, Death, Sexual violence, and Grief