Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Palestine by Joe Sacco

21 reviews

chupacabra2000's review

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

rachelfayreads's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

lionesskeeper's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Grief, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Classism

slaskin1's review

emotional informative reflective

4.5

Good journalistic styled book with a lot of personal stories detailing Israel’s systemic discrimination against Palestinians- highly recommend the read especially if you’re pro Israel 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, and Colonisation

maestro_cerrotorcido's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This collection of Palestinian accounts of the horror forced upon them by the occupying settler colony of Israel is a must read for understanding the occupation of Palestine. It was an incredibly difficult read due to the pain you feel when you put yourself in the Palestinians’ position. I learned so much such as different types of torture used, the appropriation of Palestinian goods to be sold as Israeli goods in Europe, the extra taxes Palestinians have to pay that Israelis do not, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

biab00's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

Important if you want a quick show and tell of what's happening in Palestine. 
This is from the 90's but unfortunately not a lot has changed, it's even worse now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

torismazarine's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

dafni's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Although a graphic novel, this is still a hard read especially when one reflects on what is happening today in Palestine and when the book was written (1990s). As a reader, I am thankful for the Palestinian stories and resistance to have come to light, and I have learned a lot from this book, as historical information is presented in a very accessible way and through people’s lived experience.  However, I felt more hopeless for all the efforts these people have done over the years to feel heard and witness supportive action from the West and neighbour Arab countries, and how we have utterly disappointed them (and we are still doing so). This is probably why it took me ages to finish it. The photojournalistic element and graphic design is outstanding. The only detail I did not appreciate throughout the book is the author’s commentary, which was an effort to be humorous/sarcastic (?), I don’t know, but was definitely not needed and only added to my frustration 🙃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism and Antisemitism

maryncemetery's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A harrowing and important read. Especially in light of current events. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, War, and Deportation

noahbw's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Reading this felt like chaplaincy: unlike most novels or memoirs, there’s no real plot or character development; unlike most nonfiction I read, there’s no explicit argument or analysis. It’s just sort of an endless stream of people’s stories, mostly of trauma, and the author’s attempts to make sense of it all. I think there’s value in that - no sense of a tidy ending - but it makes it a somewhat challenging read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail