Reviews tagging 'Rape'

In Order to Survive. Mut zur Freiheit, englische Ausgabe by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers

152 reviews

elkiebear's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Cancer, War, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Rape

tarabaharan's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Rape, Violence, Death, and Sexual assault

funkaroo12's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Everybody needs to read this— regardless of your political or religious beliefs. If you are are human being, read this book. Her story is more gut-wrenching than imaginable with a strong message of hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

rachreads681's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Death of parent, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, Excrement, Confinement, Cancer, Rape, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

magdalena_rose's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Rape

Moderate: Suicide

zavi_d's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Trafficking, War, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Self harm, Rape, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

joemkl's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

bookswithabbey1's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Rape, Trafficking, and Pedophilia

underthetreereads's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

“In the free world, children dream about what they want to be when they grow up and how they can use their talents. When I was four and five years old, my only adult ambition was to buy as much bread as I liked and eat all of it.”

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park is a brutally eye opening memoir of human brutality and kindness. Yeonmi tells her story suffering under the North Korean regime, escaping to China only to be sold into human trafficking, and then finally making her way to freedom. Something I think was very unique (and yet not at all for so many) was her eventual understanding that even when she made it to South Korea, she still wasn’t free until she allowed herself to be free.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Abortion

chaya_v's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is one of the most impactful books I’ve ever read. It is extremely well written and even if it wasn’t the story of her life just grips you.
Park Yeonmi gives us an insight into the life in North Korea and her hellish escape to South-Korea. Park Yeonmi has lived through things most of us can’t imagine. I’ve learned many things by reading her memoirs 

I don’t really have words, you just have to read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape and Death