Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Delphine Minoui, Nojoud Ali

9 reviews

stindex's review

dark informative sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Trafficking, Infidelity, Police brutality, Abandonment, Death, Blood, and Pregnancy

qqjj's review

challenging informative fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Bullying, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Trafficking

friedeggyolive's review

dark informative sad fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

amelody's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

jarjan's review

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse

daisytrails's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Rape

happyydrt's review

challenging dark hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexism

susysstories's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.5

Gripping story, very disturbing and sad yet at the same time it's a story of courage and hope. However, though told in first person, it didn't sound like I was hearing Nujood, a 9 year old girl, but a grown up woman with an education.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual violence

aasplund's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

This book made me really sad. Nujood's story is heartbreaking, but something about this book felt a bit off to me. I ended up doing more research on what happened to her after this book and Nujood ended up staying at her parent's home and continued to be taken advantage of by her father. This book also felt a bit voyeuristic - I feel like a lot of well-meaning book groups have read or will read this book and will reduce this book to "Feminism rules!" and see non-Western cultures as "other" and feel a sense of superiority to Nujood and her culture. This poor little girl just wanted to get out of an abusive child marriage - and ended up becoming known worldwide as a result without any full understanding of what happened to her or what sharing her experiences so publicly would entail. In some ways, I feel like the publisher took advantage of a little girl just as much as her parents and ex-husband did and I have really mixed feelings about reading and recommending this book. At the same time, what she did was groundbreaking and it sounds like her story encouraged a lot of other young girls to get out of their abusive child marriages. I'm ranting, but I have really unfocused and complicated feelings about this book. It's probably worth reading, but I think you have to read this book with a grain of salt AND with a wider understanding of how a book like this can be damaging to the people who tell their stories.