Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Ogni mattina a Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

9 reviews

katharina90's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

A heartbreaking, powerful, beautifully written book about the Palestinian experience and the world's indifference to and complicity in past and present atrocities committed against the Palestinian people.

"How does one live in a world that turns away from such injustice for so long? Is this what it means to be Palestinian, Mother?"

"For if life had taught her anything, it was that healing and peace can begin only with acknowledgment of wrongs committed."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Torture and Confinement

Minor: Rape and Alcoholism

ollie_again's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Pedophilia and Incest

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Genocide, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Murder, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Kidnapping, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Dementia, Violence, Rape, and Police brutality

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, War, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Torture, Blood, and Sexism

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

internationalreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Death of parent, Child death, Animal death, Colonisation, Blood, War, Violence, Racism, Medical content, Hate crime, Grief, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Death, Antisemitism, and Alcoholism

renfdes's review against another edition

sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Colonisation

Minor: Torture and Kidnapping

theroyaltyreader's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

i cried a lot because of beautiful hurtful and sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, and War

literary_amazing's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Police brutality, and War

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Kidnapping

kait_sixcrowsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Rep:

• full Palestinian cast
• Muslim MCs and SCs
• Jewish MC and SCs

...I don't even know where to start.

If you're looking for a book that may put you through a bunch of emotional turmoil as the reader, this is your book. It follows four generations of a Palestinian family, from before Al Nakba to a couple years after 9/11, as they try to make a life after Israeli occupation and war uproots them from their ancestral home. It dealt with the horrors of war and genocide, which was contrasted by the beautiful purple prose. If you connect with the writing early on, you will probably be put through the wringer repeatedly as you read.

I will say this: I do not regret reading Mornings in Jenin. It's unbelievably sad and, at times, hard to get through. But I appreciate every minute I put in to reading it, and I hope you do, too, if you decide to pick it up.

However, please pay attention to the content warnings.

A full review will be on my blog next week.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping and Sexual content

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

The ableism also includes internalized ableism. Other warnings include: war (graphic); bombing (graphic); execution (graphic); effects of trauma (moderate to graphic)