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Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

58 reviews

issy_jacob's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction and Vomit

kateyhb's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

cass_lit's review against another edition

3.5

This was a beautifully written story, and Nahr is such a complex and realistic character to follow for these years of her life. The book starts with her in an Israeli prison and then jumps back in time to tell us how she got there, with snippets back in the prison starting new sections of the book. It made it a little confusing at first not knowing the names she was thinking about, but I think it made it all the more special once we were introduced to these characters and got to slowly realize what they meant to Nahr. 

Definitely check the trigger warnings. As an addition to all of those you’d expect from colonization, occupation and detainment by Israelis, etc — I’ll also warn that this book a few times seems to conflate all of Judaism with Zionism, which is obviously not the case and which I didn’t love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Abortion, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Homophobia and Outing

hannahheislr's review

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Deportation

cecereads__'s review against another edition

5.0

This book is full of heart. Of longing, displacement, confinement, tragedy, love, heartbreak, horrors, revolt, strength, emotion, grace, dignity, humanity, inhumanity, honesty, empathy, and I (clearly) could go on.
The story it tells is utterly profound, and I am so grateful to have read it. All the horrors of occupation, oppression, misogyny, murder and injustices included - bc it is the truth.
I was infuriated by the violence and volatile, undignified humiliation tactics and pure evil that Palestinians face.
What a historical, enlightening and powerful tale.
There were maybe two pages that I wanted to move past a bit quicker, but I was completely spellbound by the complexity (simply put) of love and life from the perspective that we are afforded with this novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, and Colonisation

milanaradic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Abortion, and War

justnicole's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Genocide, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

britreads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

Like many people, I picked this up because I wanted to better understand the history of Palestine and the Palestinian people. By the end of this novel, I knew I needed to read more from Susan Abulhawa. 

The writing is lush and breathtaking. The characters are complex but also easy to understand. I loved the attention to detail once the MC, Nahr, reaches Palestine and how the author focused on the landscape, the culture and the community. 

Nahr's story is heartbreaking almost from the start, but there is a thread of hope and joy that travels throughout the novel. It is a reminder that joy and love is the purpose behind revolution. 

Definitely check the trigger warnings before starting this. But I believe this is a story worth reading if you want to learn about Palestine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, and Islamophobia

cosycorvid's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

anna_wa's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Excrement, Vomit, and Antisemitism