Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul

6 reviews

catsbreadbikes's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book was an absolute delight, and i was genuinely sad when it was over

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Alcohol, and Sexism

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Sexual assault, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Alcoholism, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Racism

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

pipn_t's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

A good book, some funny writing, I enjoyed it.  It was a fairly quick read but a bit stressful as there is a lot of focus on topics that cause the author stress and anxiety, but overall well written and an engaging read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

The book reads at times more like a memior then essays but they blend into each other in ways many other author around her (twenties to thirties) fail to write compelling memoirs/collections. I think some reviewers are expecting finality to the essays that does not exist in real life truly. Her humor I loved but I could see how you either do or don’t but I think she has a very valid and important as a young woman reading this from a different country and background. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Sexism, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Rape, Racism, Homophobia, Death, and Chronic illness

yaoipaddle's review against another edition

dnf @ 65%

This was my second attempt at reading this book. Last time was a dnf @ 22%.

Maybe I have outgrown this sense of humor but there is nothing delightful in Koul's disparaging and pessimistic mood throughout the entire book. She is so overwhelmingly negative and bitter and it does not improve and her writing displays zero awareness. Everyone she writes about is somehow painted in a negative light without fail. It is exhausting.  You will gain nothing from this book.

Also for some reason my edition of the book had the n-word hard r in it multiple times but it seems like on Goodreads it has it censored. Not sure if my edition was how it was originally released. Which if true then what the fuck.

(I did relate to her in speaking abt immigrant life and online harassment but it is not enough to offset all the other shit you have to slog through.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Grief, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Colonisation

pastelwriter's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

I find it so difficult to talk about this book. Even though I buddy read it with a friend and had lots to discuss, condensing all of that in here feels especially challenging. 

I guess I’ll start by saying that I found it impossible to rate this. Despite the fact that I really enjoyed my time reading this, I couldn’t make heads or tails of what to rate this. 

Mainly, what made this such a great reading experience was the humor. The humor with which the author tackled so many aspects of her life just made this such a fantastic read. The humor especially flourished in the author’s descriptions of her interactions with her parents and the rest of her family. Her relationship with her father was especially compelling for me. The two of them are definitely cut of the same cloth, and it made their relationship run far from smoothly. 

One of the essays in here that really got to me was one where she discussed a friendship that she had which went south because the man had a drinking problem. It hit close to home both because of my own alcoholic/drug addict grandfather and because of how heartbreaking it is to me when friendships fall apart. The essay really crawled under my skin but in the best way possible. 

The whole essay on Twitter as well was something else. The vitriol she has to deal with on Twitter is just horrible. I’m not sure I would be able to stay in the platform if I had to face the same horrible things thrown at me.

The essay on surveillance and sexual assault was also brilliant. I would definitely truly recommend it if you haven’t thought about how surveillance plays into men/people deliberately planning to sexually assault women/those who appear feminine. 

All in all, I would highly recommend this collection of essays. I’m so glad I decided to read it on a whim with my friend because it certainly gave us things to talk about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault