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chanatova's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, War, and Deportation
Moderate: Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Deportation
sadiaa's review
4.5
Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
nick13's review against another edition
- 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
5/5: some of the best characterization, the best portrayal of grief I've ever read, and an impactful story that will make you feel...not great.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Self harm
melisayasilem's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and War
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia
sshelbyyx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and War
samdalefox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Why it is a good book for priviledged white European's to read:
- It paint refugees as humans. There is a strong human element throughout the book, describing people in detail and their connections to their family and homeland (exemplified in Mustafa and the apiary).
- Gives an accurate description of the limited choices people are faced with when fleeing war - known violence and death at home, or unknown violence and potential death as you flee.
- It gives an indication of the types of violences and indignities that refugees face (dangerious travel, traffikers, homelessness etc.)
- It gives an excellent indication of trauma related mental illnesses
through Nuri's depression, insomnia, and PTSD, and Afra's psychosomatic blindness. I was particularly impressed with how the book dealt with Afra's condition. - It combats a lot of the diabolical mainstream media bollocks we have in England about refugees. The book highlights just how shit a country we are at supporting and welcoming refugees, this is particularly clear through describing the inhumane asylum seekers' process.
Overall, a story with poignant messages, but a bit too neat and tidy for me personally. I prefer to read non-fiction accounts first hand from refugees. Below is my favourite quote from the book. It emphasises how inherently nature works together for the greater good, and yet us as humans work against that feeling and each other, creating senseless misery and suffering through war.
"People are not like bees. We do not work together, we have no real sense of a greater good".
Graphic: Grief and War
Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, and War
Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Trafficking
Humiliation and belittling experience of the UK asylum seeking process.rosy_carolynne's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Rape and Self harm
zoebill96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
___puddin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and War
Moderate: Gore, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
syafiqha's review against another edition
- 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
My heart melts every time romantic scene between Nuri & Afra. They are such a sweet, loveable and I can say a realistic couple(?) There is a moment when they laugh and love, then dull part and grief sensations. Both of them handle the grief differently. I thought when the synopsis at the back said: 'journey to find each other back' is they literally need to find each other because when missing but actually is finding their heart back to each other. You can imagine how war affect badly to humans. Not temporary, its permanent and bound to their cells tight.
The journey of Nuri & Afra expose to the reader on how different people suffer their life with self-trauma back stories. From a mother carrying their baby as refugee, a family without a mother and the child keep asking about the mom and a solo souls who loss everything or separate from their loved one.
It is impossible not to be moved. What a heartbreaking storytelling😢. Especially, they are our brothers and sisters from Syria.
Sometimes, the things that you be looking for is not the things as it is. It is a symbolic to something else, stop denying and admit your pain even it's hurt so bad.
The writing structure of The Beekeeper of Aleppo is organised, even it keeps flashing back. By telling the present days first and then, continue with flashback of Nuri & Afra journey. This two situation divided with a border of word. You can see, when the line is hanging out without dot and the next page there have one single word with pattern surround it and continue with the flashback scene next to the page.
In addition, I also love the insertion of Islamic practices likes pray, name of Allah, Quran phrase, Adzan and many more.
Moderate: War
Minor: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and War