Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

169 reviews

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

alli_oh's review against another edition

4.0

Beautiful story about oppression and resistance. I love this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

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

thehomiemona's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Trafficking, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Death

Minor: Racial slurs and Death of parent

tatyanareadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

a beautiful recalling of a palestinian womans life before she was put into an israeli solitary confinement cell. we watch her go from an immature bride, a severely traumatized sex-worker who worked to send her brother to college, to coming back to palestine and learning what it's like to love and to be loved again while resisting the israeli occupation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, and War

katieocakes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-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: Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Abortion, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

bdingz's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This book is so beautifully written. Nahr goes through so many horrific things, but this is as much a story of joy as it is a story of pain and resistance. The characters find solace in each other, as well as simple comforts like food and tea or skincare and nail polish. This could have only been bleak and sad, and it would’ve had every right to be…but it was so much more. 

If you think you can stomach the CWs, read this ASAP.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Torture and Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, and Miscarriage

qnawal97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation and War

Minor: Sexual violence and Violence

aw_nf15's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism