Reviews tagging 'Violence'

بينما ينام العالم by Susan Abulhawa

54 reviews

hammerhead69's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

stargirl7954's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

lizmart88's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

4.0

Another riveting and devastating novel by Susan Abulhawa. This one explores life in the refugee camps of Jenin, a real place in Palestine. It follows one woman, Amal, who has two brothers. One brother is raised with her and the other brother is stolen by an Israeli soldier during the attack on their village that forces them into the Jenin refugee camp. It follows her life as she grows up and navigates life in a refugee camp. 

The ending (no spoilers) was devasting. Susan Abulhawa has a way of writing that seems to make even the most devastating scenes beautiful as well. Highly, highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

readwithandreina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

rheagoveas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, and War

amberinpieces's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

julialeigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

fsrfat's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: War

nightsista's review against another edition

5.0

Nothing could’ve prepared me for the heartbreak in this book. While it’s a fictional story, the historical events are real. Stories of immense tragedy are not fiction in the lives of Palestinians which is why this hits so hard. It may as well be a true story. I think a big take away from this is the generational trauma that Palestinians experience. Not only is the trauma passed on but it is ongoing. Every new generation has to face the same yet new brutal horrors inflicted by the occupying  power.


TW for extreme violence and gore Big TW for the Sabra and Shatila massacre 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation

ile94's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Child abuse and Blood