Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana, Abigail Pesta

3 reviews

gracemuelle's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring

5.0

this memoir was so eye opening and informative about the life of a refugee. sandra does a beautiful job conveying her life story and she has truly changed how i will view refugee and immigrant treatment in the US and abroad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Sexual violence, Child death, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, War, and Mental illness

brookey8888's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

This was really good! I really didn’t know anything about this so I’m glad I got to know more. She is such a strong woman with a strong family. It was also interesting to hear about the different culture shocks they went through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Rape, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, War, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Child death

maple_dove's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

I've learned so much from this book. Thank you for telling your story Sandra Uwiringiyimana.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, Pedophilia, and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape

Child marriage, Child soldiers, Sexual abuse