The I Index

Judith Matloff,
The New York Times Book Review
... urgent.
Peter Frankopan,
The Guardian (UK)
... deeply traumatic and important.
Dominic Sandbrook,
The Times (UK)
... one of the most disturbing books I have read.
Sally Hayden,
The Irish Times (IRE)
With the MeToo movement and increased awareness around sexual violence and harassment of women, it is the right time for this book to be written.
Lindsey Hilsum,
The Guardian (UK)
At times, Lamb worries that she is being intrusive, but she is also careful not to be credulous. An experienced journalist, she can tell when something doesn’t smell right – one Rohingya woman in a camp in Bangladesh has a long story that doesn’t add up. In the age of #MeToo, the impetus is to believe women and on the whole, she – quite rightly – does, while never losing her journalistic rigour. The litany of pain she recounts is all too believeable. I know because I have heard it too.
LYSE DOUCET,
The New Statesman (UK)
... should be essential reading. This retelling of some of the world’s worst wars highlights a dark seam of human history suppressed by shame, impunity and the unwillingness of so many even to listen to horrific accounts of systemic mass rape .... Rape is as old as armed conflict but Lamb’s account amounts to much more than simply 'bad things happen'. Her conclusion is clear: rape is a systematic weapon of war; this is not about individual abuses but deliberate military policy.
Sofia Barbarani,
iNews (UK)
... a deeply distressing book, and one that most people will likely struggle to get through. But persevere: it needs to be read as widely as possible.
Jennifer Flaherty,
Library Journal
Dizzying for its historical breadth and emotional strain, this book is nevertheless essential reading. Readers interested in human rights will stick through the highly readable but earth-rattling chapters for the sake of their larger purpose; namely, to give voice to people who have felt erased..

Kirkus
... superb.

Publishers Weekly
... heart-wrenching.