Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

79 reviews

bayleereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Wow… what a phenomenal story. I listened to this on audio and enjoyed every minute. Malala’s story is unbelievable and it’s hard to believe she’s only one year older than me. I also loved that it wasn’t just about her and the shooting, but she included stories about her mother and father, and even some historical/geographical information about Pakistan that I didn’t know. This was such an informative book and I highly recommend (especially on audio!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, and War

madebyleila's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

hannahmcd94's review

emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

2.5

A very interesting story but I would have loved to have heard from Malala’s point of view. It contained a lot of her fathers history and then the history and politics of Pakistan and there were a lot of bits you could tell have been forced in by the co-author so it didn’t feel like an authentic read. I think this book would have worked better had it been written a number of years after the attack rather than quite quickly when Malala could have rounded it off better and spoken solely to her own experiences and understanding. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I’m ashamed to say that I really had no clue about Malala or what happened to her. I’ve obviously heard of her because she spoke at the US COVID graduation thing they did, but I didn’t know her story. She is so brave and smart. This was very interesting and inspiring. I learned so much. I highly recommend this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Murder

arlangrey17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

annapox's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

5 stars for content; 2.5 stars for writing style. If you're interested in girls' rights and education, you should read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

lish_e's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

1/3 of the book isn’t really about Malala. It is more about the history of Pakistan and about her father. 
I understand that it was included for context and while it was interesting it was lengthy at times. Also the writing style is sometimes repetitive and hard to follow.
But it got really captivating as soon as the story started to really be about Malala. 

• The tension that arose in society
• how school was like for her
• how she and her family had to flee the Swat Valley temporarily
• how it was to return to their home
• how she was shot
• how her recovery went in Birmingham

I couldn’t put the book down at this point. It might be slow at first but please don’t let that stop you from reading it. Really informative and inspiring!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Medical trauma

melissajohnson2017's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Police brutality

lily_k8y's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

2.5

I found it a little slow mixed in with all the history and place/people names that I wasn’t too familiar with. Overall a very informative book and I still appreciate the experiences she went through, I enjoyed the interview script at the end a lot more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Blood