Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

44 reviews

01ivia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Cancer

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

merc22's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

will wait to post after book club but moral of the story…a must read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Abortion, Colonisation, and War

michelle_my_belle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

This book was so beautifully written. It was historical fiction that also felt so relevant to today. It helped me understand more about the Palestinian history and experience. Nahr's story is so raw and heartbreaking and her strength and resistance was moving. The author uses such powerful imagery and explores the complexities of people in creating characters with so much depth. Most of the time, making them neither good, nor bad, simple human. I will probably be thinking about this book for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Cancer

stefaniacg's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Torture

pagelikebooks's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

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

sophiestasyna's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Torture, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and War

msennflinn's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Colonisation

eusteph's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

AAAAAAAAAAA

How is it possible for a person to read five 6 star books in a month? I don't know, but I won't complain about it.

This book was written so beautifully that you can almost forget the utterly heartbreaking origins of this story. I did not see anything coming, and honestly, I felt like the author kept running me over when I tried to get off the ground. 

I loved the fact that the ending was pretty open yet not so cliffhanger-ish that a sequel is absolutely necessary. 

This is as close to perfection as such a tragedy-filled tale can be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Miscarriage, Rape, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Abortion, Colonisation, War, and Deportation