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seph5040's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Torture, Murder, and War
thebowandthebook's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Rape, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Child death, Animal death, Antisemitism, Gore, Torture, Sexual assault, War, Misogyny, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Minor: Infidelity, Excrement, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Medical content
rcsreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Torture, Blood, Death, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Rape
cword's review against another edition
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Torture, War, Misogyny, Body horror, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Child abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse
dnl83ldn's review
4.0
Graphic: Rape, War, Murder, Child death, Animal death, and Death
feyha's review against another edition
5.0
This book has touched me like no other. It touched my soul. It has stories of survival, perseverance, even happiness, where there is nothing but utter despair. It demonstrates the perseverance of a human being, of a woman.
It's not an easy read at all. But the collection of transcripts makes it easy to get through. As morbid as it may seem, I really really enjoyed reading this book.
There's just so much about human emotion that we may think we know, but I'm absolutely sure we don't.
How terrible war is, how people still survive and sometimes manage to thrive, this book talks about it. It's so much more than the glorification of war. It's the real deal. The day to day.
It talks about what it meant to be a woman, where everything about war, every resource to fight the war, was made having men in mind.
It talks about how men could be so protective of the women in their divisions, so helpful to them, while at the same time go and rape the enemies' women in unspeakable ways.
It talks about how women were slut-shamed for participating, how their stories were ignored, how the same men who'd give their lives protecting these women during the war, were the ones who humiliated them so after.
This is a tear-jerker. I wish more would read this book. I wish to read the rest of this author's books sometime in the future- not now, because there's only so much emotional turmoil one can go through. But it was absolutely worth it, every second of it.
Graphic: War, Rape, and Murder
runnermax's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: War, Murder, and Gore
mina_m's review against another edition
5.0
Also, reading this while serving in the military was a quite the experience. While I haven’t experienced war, it’s strange how many of the typical military things I recognized.
Moderate: Death, Violence, Sexism, Rape, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, and Blood
catrina's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence