Murad outlines the fallout of several incidents and disputes related to nearby Sunni villages and terrorist attacks she remembered.

[2] According to the Associated Press, Murad noted in a statement "that she had lost numerous friends and family members to ISIS and hoped her story would 'influence world leaders to act'".

[5] Ian Birrell wrote for The Times that Jenna Krajeski, the American journalist who co-authored the book, "captures Murad's tremulous voice well".

[7] Ashutosh Bhardwaj wrote for the Indian newspaper The Financial Express that Murad's book "vividly details the customs and life of Yazidism" and that she "cites instances how the Yazidi stories were misinterpreted by the Sunnis who termed them 'devil worshippers'".

Subin wrote that the book is "difficult to process", that it contains "open wounds and painful lessons", and that it can be "co-opted for any number of political agendas".

However, Malek opined that Murad harshly criticized Sunni Arabs for not standing up to ISIS and classified others as exceptions to the rule.

[5] The Evening Standard's Arifa Akbar wrote that the book "initially defers its shock", being "a history lesson" about the genocide and about her family's life, and that the latter two parts of the book "deliver true horror, and a surreal sense of Murad's parallel existence as a sex slave in a city filled with ordinary Sunni Muslim families".

"[5] Bhardwaj wrote that Murad's statement, that everyone is more interested in the sexual abuse aspect of the genocide, was "[perhaps] her most damning comment" and that "[her] account [reflects] the collective guilt of civilisation".

[8] Malek concluded her review with: "Nonetheless, Murad gives us a window on the atrocities that destroyed her family and nearly wiped out her vulnerable community.

"[5] Birrell felt that the final segment of the book was "slightly rushed", and finished his review with: "It is not always easy to turn the pages as Murad descends into hell.