Reviews tagging 'War'

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestinian Odyssey Through Apartheid by Nathan Thrall

12 reviews

florajb2068_hy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book  tells the true story of an  accident involving  children. It puts the current  conflict  between the Israelis  and Palestinians  in the spotlight. It's very moving and visceral in its unfolding, and I  understand  why this book won the Pulitzer prize. 5.75⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hammerhead69's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

katekatiekait's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Moderate: Car accident and War

Minor: Rape and Self harm

bibliomich's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

I've been sitting on my review of this one for over a month, because I simply don't know if I have the words to do it justice.

The quote that comes to mind is from Yiyun Li's When Reasons End:
"Would you call it a tragedy? he said.
I would only say it's sad. It's so sad I have no other adjectives left."

So sad, I have no other adjectives left. Yet don't let this keep you from reading A Day in the Life of Abed Salama. There is a reason the book won a Pulitzer for General Nonfiction. The title is slightly misleading; expanded from a previous article written by Thrall, the book is not just about a single day. Instead, it investigates the Israeli–Palestinian conflict over generations, and the way many, many political choices over time that ultimately shaped a tragedy on this one day.

Nathan Thrall writes with journalistic integrity. The writing is (in my opinion) objective, well researched, and thoughtfully written. I learned so much about the history of the region, the peoples, and the conflict.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and War

isleofwoman's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, and War

paperknotbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Read for BookTube Prize. To be rated at a later date.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

niamh_p_delaney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

queenoftheharpies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Completely devastating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Colonisation, and War

jesserenn's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A must read though a hard one 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Car accident, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault

meldasilas's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A heartbreaking picture of living as a Palestinian in the West Bank, this book takes you on a winding journey through a man's life full of sadness, regret, and ambiguity told through the narrative of bus crash that involves a kindergarten class.

As a mom of a kindergartener, this is the most heartbreaking book I read all year, particularly because it goes through the frustratingly difficult history between Palestine and Israel and demonstrates how every small daily element of life a free person takes for granted is not offered in the West Bank.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail