Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the Lives of Women by Christina Lamb

2 reviews

beckyp91's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

3.75

The stories in this book are enormously important and I'm in awe of the strength of the survivors telling their stories, and of the tenacity of the author in listening and recounting their experiences. For that reason this book is enormously important and well worth reading. However I felt that it was let down by the structure of the book and how rushed it felt in places, with little overarching coherence and what felt like random segues in to different timeframes, and some areas where the editing could have caught repetition of facts and phrases within a few pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, War, Violence, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Blood, and Abortion

paperknotbooks's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was the hardest book I’ve ever read in my entire life. If you’re in politics, and bare any responsibilities for women’s issues, or military efforts, you better absorb this book from cover to cover! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, and Child abuse