Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

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

2 reviews

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

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