Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed

20 reviews

suspiciouspinecone's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

Pretty good, a lot of my problems were no longer applicable when I realised it was a true story.

Also, really good disability rep. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, War, and Ableism

Minor: Child death

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

A beautiful story of two young men and their hope for a better life, this graphic novel captures the essence of what it means to live in a refugee camp. These two young boys were torn from their parents because of the violence in Somalia and sent to a refugee camp in Kenya. After many years of hardship, they’re able to resettle in the United States. This young adult book gives us insights into how refugees experience life and life and the ways that we might focus our energies to help them have better experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Classism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Grief, Ableism, Islamophobia, Violence, Bullying, Child death, Racism, and Xenophobia

pedantichumbug's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Animal death, War, and Ableism

Minor: Suicide and Adult/minor relationship

stories's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

3.5

Engaging and accessible retelling of co-author Omar Mohamed’s experience growing up in a refugee camp. 

Certainly worth watching for a copy for the classroom, because it does a lovely job of telling the bare bones while leaving darker tragedies between the lines. 

Make sure you read the after notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Addiction and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Death of parent, War, Grief, Pregnancy, Animal death, Misogyny, Death, and Gun violence

Minor forced arranged marriage

krys_kilz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.5

This was a moving graphic novel and memoir. The artwork and coloring really complimented the storytelling.

In my opinion, it veered a little towards inspiration porn, which is common with stories about disabled folks as well as with refugee experiences written for a western audience. I don't want to judge too harshly though because from the author's note at the end it seems like it was a collaborative writing process and that Omar was satisfied with how his story was told.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Ableism

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Suicide, and Animal death

animaepanda's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Sexism, and War

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Suicide

morganperks's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Gun violence, Ableism, Animal death, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Abandonment, Death, Sexism, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

sarahreads2222's review against another edition

4.75

This was an incredible story. My heart was in it, especially with Hassan. It made me want to do more research and care better for refugees. (.25 taken away for the very slow pacing, although one could argue that it fit the waiting Omar and Hassan had to do) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, War, Violence, Sexism, Gun violence, and Animal death

daniellekat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I love how accessible the format of this book was to tell this beautiful, incredible story. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Ableism

Moderate: War, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Suicide

faranae's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Animal death, Drug abuse, Ableism, War, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Bullying

Depicts a refugee's life over the course of over a decade, including chronic hunger and deep poverty. Some readers may like to know how the author's life turned out to get through the more difficult material:

Spoiler

He lives in the USA with his wife and 5 children. They succeeded in finding his long lost mother, who remains a refugee but in contact with them. Hassan has medical care. Maryam is a fictional character composed of stories of other girls.