Reviews tagging 'War'

La guerra no tiene rostro de mujer by Svetlana Alexiévich

28 reviews

paizliibubs's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Rape

yrlaevelyn's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexism, War, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Gore, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Torture, Excrement, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Animal death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

rachel281's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, War, Suicide, Violence, Rape, and Child death

humblebookdragon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, War, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, and Medical trauma

selincck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, War, Genocide, Death of parent, Death, Physical abuse, Child death, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Antisemitism, Deportation, and Sexual assault

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death of parent, Gore, War, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Animal death, Chronic illness, Deportation, Blood, Gun violence, and Sexism

alanajane's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Rape, Suicide, War, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Medical content, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

srm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, War, Child death, Death, and Blood

Minor: Sexual violence and Suicide

edulaia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Here is someone who deserved that Nobel prize. Not by writing her own thoughts but because she gave voice to others.
This book shows all the horrors of war, but it does more than that. It reflects on what it means to be female, what it means to be feminine, what gender is and how it affects people in this extreme situation. It could be read alongside Simone de Beauvoirs Le deuxième sexe and Judith Butlers Gender Trouble. The only thing it misses is any reference to queerness. I get that that is because of the context. Alexievich had trouble getting this past the censors as it is. And maybe it was something that was not even part of the conversations. In any case, this book is well worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Minor: Rape

michipez's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, and War

Moderate: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence