Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

23 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

bilbili's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Violence, Torture, Child death, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Cannibalism and Abandonment

mpmueller's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

Informative insight into little-known country from first hand experiences which I have never heard before. But the pacing is very slow, sometimes confusing & only held my interest for short periods of time. 

Updated version to recent events (mtg w/ President Donald Trump) interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

strong graphic warning for famine-related death

sapphicshark's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, and War

Moderate: Violence, War, Trafficking, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

bookshelf_al's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Slavery, Confinement, Death of parent, Child death, Abandonment, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Cannibalism

Minor: Domestic abuse and Abortion

lianne_rooney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Deportation, Colonisation, Pregnancy, and Cannibalism

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

gladiolus17's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Absolutely loved this book. Made me feel the whole spectrum of emotions, and I’ve learned so much about North Korea.

The only thing I didn’t like was how the author tried to snap a picture of an overweight woman in North Korea?? Like, I understand why, many people are starving there, but I just found that rude!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Fatphobia

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