Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Ich bin Malala by Christina Lamb, Malala Yousafzai, Elisabeth Liebl, Sabine Längsfeld, Margarete Längsfeld

39 reviews

bashsbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.25

This book was fascinating, and I am in awe of Malala's spirit, faith, and drive. My major issue with it, however, is that I can see - very clearly - that Christina Lamb collaborated on this. It reads, at many times, like a history of Pakistan (specifically a history of Pakistani relations with the West). It feels as though information about Malala, her family, and her experience are tossed in here and there, rather than the other way around. I realize that some of that is so Western readers have context, but I think it went into a distracting amount of detail. I would love to read something Malala has written on her own, without a hovering need to make Westerners understand every bit of it via overexplanation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Misogyny, Violence, War, Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Torture and Animal death

-Colorism (many asides about skin lightening) -Suicide in the context of suicide bombing -Political assassinations (both attempted and succeeded) -Terrorism

agatha_hopkins's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexism, and War

anneebel's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, War, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Blood, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Stalking, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Body horror, and Animal death

ireadinbed's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

4.75

It is always weird rating memoirs, but i will qualify that i read this book aloud to my kid so im reviewing from that perspective. 

The way Malala illustrates her life, upbringing, and personal worldview makes it easy to understand her. 

Even my young daughter got a lot out of what she had to say and i was surprised by how much i was touched by the descriptions of fear. School shootings here in america came to mind often

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment

booksngrannies's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Violence, and Medical content

itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

challenging inspiring slow-paced

3.0

It’s a very inspiring, true story but something held me back from falling completely in love with the way it was told. Girls everywhere should be thankful for Malala and everything she’s done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Violence, Gun violence, Sexism, War, and Medical content

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Deportation and Classism

tiastravels's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, War, Religious bigotry, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Murder, Violence, and Misogyny

TW: Chapter 27 - surgery & injury (graphic)

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gun violence, Murder, War, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

kibbles15's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense

5.0

All I can say it wow! This is well written memoir about Malala Yousafzai and her family. From this memoir, all I can say is what an amazing family. I highly recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide