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För att kunna leva: en nordkoreansk flickas resa till frihet by Yeonmi Park
133 reviews
sabrinag98's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Murder
sophiawollenteit's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Trafficking
astereads's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Trafficking, and Death of parent
Minor: Confinement
emilia___'s review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Trafficking and Death of parent
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence
Minor: Abortion
writingcaia's review against another edition
5.0
This is not a life many can ever relate to or even conceive off.
While I was reading I shared some sentences out loud to my partner and this comment he made was really poignant to my review of the book “if you ever heard the words poop thief in any other context (that wasn’t that of the memoir) you’d think people were joking.” Well, it was no joke in North Korea.
Another thing that really hit me hard is that when she finally reaches South Korea, after extreme poverty, famine, fear and repression (to say the least) in North Korea, naively being human trafficked to China, raped at 13, she starts reading a lot to try and catch up and it is then she realizes how limited her vocabulary was. Because, in North Korea the state wants you to live a small limited life, to be so naive as to never conceive of anything besides those teachings, but as she then learned new vocabulary she felt a new world had opened up, new feelings, new expression, new life, freedom.
It is not an easy read as you can tell by the hints I left behind so thread lightly if you’re easily triggered.
This was one of the most eye opening memoirs I’ve read, a reality I knew was bad transformed into something beyond comprehension, because even reading about it gives me only a glimpse of the horrific lives North Koreans are subject to.
At such a young age Yeonmi is free, an example of fight, love, perseverance, and an advocate for her people. I truly hope she can also one day fulfil the promise she made her grandmother and father, and see her people free and an united Korea.
Graphic: Child death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Trafficking
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Rape, and Suicide
Famineabsolute_bookery's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War
julia_browns's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Murder
eileen_goury's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Rape and Trafficking
Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse
iamahmedkhalifa's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Trafficking
Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, and Death of parent
Minor: Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Slavery
on_your_raedar's review against another edition
5.0
This entire story is heartbreaking and is a necessary read. It took weeks to get through because things were so hard to stomach but I truly cannot express the appreciation I feel toward Yeonmi for being brave and willing to share her experiences.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Stalking