Reviews tagging 'War'

Palestine by Joe Sacco

20 reviews

rwalker101's review against another edition

dark emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

lochnessvhs's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

2.25

I won't deny that there is a lot of good information and important stories directly from Palestinians in this work. However, the author is such a disgusting POS it was uncomfortable to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lunablch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book is amazing!! It was such a good read and I learned so much. Incredibly well-written and illustrated. 
(All the content warning though - this book is somehow so heavy but also digestible and sometimes even funny - it's pretty brilliant) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, and Xenophobia

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

maryncemetery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A harrowing and important read. Especially in light of current events. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, War, and Deportation

dailybee's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

klamonster's review against another edition

Ran out of time from the library and had to return it. It was very good but with everything going on right now I could only read it in small snippets to keep my heart from getting too heavy. I will probably go back to it someday, as I think it's really important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Police brutality

Moderate: Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and War

thura's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

Obviously incredible comics-journalism. Good introduction for anyone looking to learn right now. Emotional, vivid, challenging.

At times outdated, with sexist and racist undertones especially in its narrations of Palestinian women and militant resistance. Sacco’s voice is highly present and often threw me off, because my reactions to described experiences were very different from his then. 

The story I keep thinking about is Ansar III. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs

angievansprang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This is the very first graphic novel I’ve ever read, and I don’t think I enjoyed doing so in a digital format. This was of course to no fault of the author, so I wouldn’t say it affected my rating. Another note I will add is that I did not do enough research about this author before picking up the novel, and I believed he was Palestinian which he is not. I think it is of the utmost importance to read from Palestinian authors at this time to hear their stories directly, and I certainly hope to do so soon myself. I thought this was an incredibly effective story to read at this time in history. Palestinians have been terrorized by Israelis and the IOF for so so long, and it was eye-opening to read this work which was written about the ‘90s and published in 2000 with the ongoing genocide occurring in the Gaza Strip. Sacco uses the medium well to illustrate both the living conditions and horrendous recounts of torture and unjust incarceration that he observed. I also felt that the artist captured facial expressions well, and I thought that added so much emotion to the text which was already wrought with it. An emotional, informative, and powerful read. Free Palestine, from the river to the sea. 🇵🇸

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Police brutality, Kidnapping, and War