Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

21 reviews

shugentobler's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

This book was beautifully hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Death of parent

yasidiaz's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This year I have read a decent amount of literary fiction, and while most of them have been great books, I have come to realize this is not my strongest genre.

That said, this book is the exception to this rule. If I was forced to pick one complaint about this book is how I wished I read a physical copy instead through Libby. I actually don't like reading on my phone that much, but without Libby, I would be broke (well, more broke than I already am). But that has nothing to do with the book and everything to do with me.

I'm genderfluid, but also Trans Masc, so reading this story about a closeted Trans Man felt personal to me. Nadir's struggles with his identities plus what happened to his mom, drew me into this story. When he stumbled upon Laila's journals and then reading about her life in the early 20th Century had me so curious and starving for more. I'm sure if I had this book in my actual hands I would have devoured it.

The romance in the book also filled me up with hope and left me soft and tender. It's not a crucial part of the story, a subplot if you must, but seeing both our MCs go through love left me sobbing a few times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content

sydneyl23's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Sexual content

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Dementia, Mass/school shootings, Colonisation, and War

Colorism

madscientistcat's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Death of parent

hmstaab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad slow-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: Xenophobia and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Deadnaming, Death, Dementia, and Dysphoria

emzireads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Zeyn Joukhadar amazes once again. Their writing always reaches into my soul and leaves fingerprints. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, and Medical trauma

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Animal death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual harassment