Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

30 reviews

geoalice23's review

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

oberon_lapierre's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

An emotionally intense and absolutely beautiful story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Infertility, Terminal illness, Excrement, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Torture, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual violence, Grief, and Abortion

Minor: Pregnancy

corriejn's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

illustrativemisfit's review against another edition

Too heavy for me for it being a novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Well written. Great storytelling. maybe if i was in a better place mentally i could have finished it.

lrgluck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

umm_igor's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death

sameenj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Medical trauma

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.25

This is a story that spans years, and yet feels like only a very small part of the overall story. It reads like a memoir, and I honestly had a hard time reading it. It was hard to wrestle with how my opinions and pre-conceived notions occasionally differed from Nahr’s. And it was difficult to witness such human suffering. My brain kept trying to negate the seriousness of the events of this book because they are fictional, so I had to keep reminding myself to Palestinians face this and more at the hands of Israel. It made reading this book a very involved process for me. Which is why I think it is a book that is essential to the canon, and should be read and studied more widely. The characters all felt very complex and flawed, and abulhawa gave them space for that. There were some moments of real beauty and lyricism in the written word. Particularly in depictions of the Palestinian culture and people. From the river to the sea 🇵🇸

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Ableism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

holmahoney's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Colonisation