Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

23 reviews

random19379's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

bexi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, War, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Classism, Child death, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Animal death, Grief, and Sexism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Rape, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Torture, and Domestic abuse

betsygrace's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

It is so evident she loves her homelands. She also was such a feminist from a young age. 

It’s also so fascinating to read about her father’s quiet and strong resistance to Taliban rule for continuing to teach and run his school. Also fascinating to see the way children are so adaptive to the world around them, and so aware of their political environment at a young age. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, and Gun violence

annbanane's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

This was never an easy book to pick up, and I struggled with some of the history, but it is an engaging and compelling story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

calthapalustris's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Amazingly written. Would be lying if I said I didn't cry a few times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, War, and Medical trauma

balfies's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

4.5

I mean, what can you say. What an incredible woman. And a really beautifully, artfully written book. The politics leading up to her attempted assassination are laid out clearly, and are infused with her warmth and passion and humour.

Key takeaway quote "Sometimes I think it is easier to be a Twilight vampire than a girl in Swat" really dates her experiences as a teen girl in the early 2010s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, Gun violence, Gore, Death, Child death, and Blood

mandi4886's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Vomit

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

hannahmcd94's review against another edition

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: Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Death

frankie2j9's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Violence