Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by María Hinojosa

8 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

Her heart is all over those book, and there’s so much to learn. Am immigrant myself, I was shocked throughout the book and kept my gratitude front and center for having gotten into the country legally through my mother (as a nurse, she had a highly sought out skill in the 70s.) This is a book every US citizen should read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Deportation, Confinement, Islamophobia, and Rape

hbelle01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

This book is a painful read. It is not, in my opinion, meant to be a super inspiring story of success and “bootstraps”. Hinojasa is clear about all of the screwed up experiences in her world and does not shy away from almost naming and shaming. She shows a clear path between media actions and their effects over the years and how different policies have affected immigrant experiences. I absolutely recommend this book to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

sbcrra's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

rdebner's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

This is a powerful memoir twining together Hinojosa's own story with the history of U.S. immigration policy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Rape

Some explicit description of conditions in U.S. detention camps and treatment of detainees, anti-immigrant violence

kodi_rae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Maria Hinojosa does a great job of weaving her personal story and journey amongst the broader story of immigration in the U.S. It makes sense with her journalism background that she was able to include important history and facts in a digestible way that helped create a clear picture of how policies and different presidential administrations have deeply impacted the lens through which the U.S. views immigration. I personally felt this before, but have a deeper sense and understanding now, on how badly we need immigration reform.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Vomit

lettuce_read's review

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Xenophobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Torture

jsdubin1359's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Torture

bookiecharm's review against another edition

informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism, Gore, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Trafficking