Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

7 reviews

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

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

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

astrangewind's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.75

This book is intense, but worth the read.

The oppression faced by North Koreans is unimaginable, and this book brings that to life through a cast of defectors. The facts tell their own story of the struggle to survive. Reading about the famine was almost too much, but I enjoyed reading about their escape. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Deportation, and War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Trafficking, and Cannibalism

jackiepreston's review

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Police brutality

starscollision's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Abandonment, Child death, and Animal death

williamg's review

challenging dark informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Animal death, Slavery, Torture, Police brutality, Grief, and Animal cruelty