Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Химн на смъртта. Истинският живот в Северна Корея by Barbara Demick

7 reviews

katdixon's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Exemplary journalism. Gripping, heartbreaking stories told so well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Deportation

Minor: Addiction, Torture, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War

endlesswonder's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Deportation

Minor: Addiction, Cannibalism, Abortion

librarymouse's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

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This was an interesting look into the lives of the average North Korean of a decade and a half ago. The fear mongering of Western media and the violent escalation of North Korean threats against enemy nations and against its own people has made the country into something larger than life in the eyes of the general public. The people of North Korea having to just barely scrape by while their leader lives in luxury and hides the poverty of the average citizen even while seeking aid is horrifying. It's sad to see how little has changed in the last fifteen years.
This book is well written and the firsthand accounts of life in North Korea add weight to the input of what Demick has to add as a foreign journalist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Gun violence, Sexual content, Abortion

mildnothing's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War

madicastle's review against another edition

4.5

dark informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia

soulwinds's review against another edition

3.25

dark informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Alcohol

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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this is another one of those books that ive read that i really dont know what to say because it really does speak for itself. i really appreciate how in depth it went into everything because North Korea really isnt a country i knew much about going into it and the atrocities that went on there, so this book is quite invaluable in the knowledge it has

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism, Deportation

Moderate: Excrement, Cannibalism