Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

بينما ينام العالم by Susan Abulhawa

3 reviews

issy_jacob's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Alcohol

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.0

So much sadness in this book. I am admittedly anti Zionist. I cannot fathom the entitlement they feel they have based on the writings of men long gone. Neither can i fathom the pain that brought them back. But it seems they too cannot fathom the pain they are rendering on people undeserving of it. This book seems to reinforce all of that for me - people behaving badly, people trying to survive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ollie_again's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Racism, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Incest and Pedophilia