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Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

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brownbagbargainbooks's review against another edition

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4.25

For fans of masterful storytelling, intimate looks into the complete lives of characters (real or imagined), and the personal and researched account of a people's history.

yasi_pan's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

5.0

ksaratom's review against another edition

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beautifully written and incredibly important. please read this book

fuckthisshit's review against another edition

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emotional fast-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? No

5.0

Informative, powerful and well written. I love her books

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

juniperbranches's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

This was a glorious and heart wrenching scream of Palestinian identity. Bath is a woman of many names and many countries.

Forced to flee Palestine as an infant with her family, Nahr ends up living in Kuwait, Jordan, and then finally returns to Palestine. The novel is written from her prison cell, as she drifts in and out of the story of her life and resistance.

I don't always read things so directly tied to topical world events, but I realized that there was no better way for me to try and understand and empathize with the horrors playing out around the world.