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The Roundabout of Death between Aleppo to Raqqa دوار الموت ما بين حلب و الرقة by Faysal Khartash
trisha_thomas's review against another edition
2.0
This is definitely a case of it's me and not you, dear book.
The story suffered from a couple of pet peeves of mine that I had a hard time ignoring. There were idiosyncrasies in the writing style that got on my nerves. The story itself did have some interesting information in it, I just wish I'd liked it more.
I received this book from Edelweiss for my honest review.
The story suffered from a couple of pet peeves of mine that I had a hard time ignoring. There were idiosyncrasies in the writing style that got on my nerves. The story itself did have some interesting information in it, I just wish I'd liked it more.
I received this book from Edelweiss for my honest review.
bethsmout's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- 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? No
3.25
ficteon's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This book really gives you an insight about the normal civilian during wartime. The story of the people just wanting to live. Through a memoir style fiction the writer gives us sight into the life of a man living in Aleppo during wartime in Syria. The book discribes the absolute horror of war, and how normal life is impossible because of the people who decided to hurt others. The book describes many hard themes: murder, bombing, young unknowing soldiers, hunger, Divided nation, religieus oppression, sexism, torture, propaganda, corruption and sooo much more so it is a tough book to read.
I didn't give it a five star due to the monotone writing style the book had. Also there was one sentence that didn't hit me the right way as homosexuality was put together with adulterating and thieving. I don't know if the writer actually sees this as wrong but it sounded like it, and I think it's a bit hypocritical to talk about being oppressed during war but then you yourself oppress others willingly too. Maybe I read the sentence wrong but still the book is 4 stars even without this.
A lot of moment is the book really made me so emotional. Definitely because it is a wartime book about something so relevant. World war 2 stories you can always distant yourself from in some way now in 2023 even if the events were horrible as that was in 1940. This book tells the story of a war in 2015.. It hits differently for sure. I'd definitely recommend this book to anybody wanting to learn more about the events in Syria. I feel it is good to see this from the eyes of a civilian.
I didn't give it a five star due to the monotone writing style the book had. Also there was one sentence that didn't hit me the right way as homosexuality was put together with adulterating and thieving. I don't know if the writer actually sees this as wrong but it sounded like it, and I think it's a bit hypocritical to talk about being oppressed during war but then you yourself oppress others willingly too. Maybe I read the sentence wrong but still the book is 4 stars even without this.
A lot of moment is the book really made me so emotional. Definitely because it is a wartime book about something so relevant. World war 2 stories you can always distant yourself from in some way now in 2023 even if the events were horrible as that was in 1940. This book tells the story of a war in 2015.. It hits differently for sure. I'd definitely recommend this book to anybody wanting to learn more about the events in Syria. I feel it is good to see this from the eyes of a civilian.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia
abey's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
alice_hesse's review against another edition
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
brucy's review against another edition
4.0
Short gut punch of a book. Gives an account of life during the Syrian Civil War and the daily struggles to keep a life. Hoping for more translations of the author.
pagesintranslation's review against another edition
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
fgr's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Torture, and War