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challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Abandonment
foreverinastory's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Wow. I am just speechless at this book. I need to process some more before I say anything. This was not an easy book to read, but wow it was incredible.
Rep: Two Palestinian women MC, one Palestinian-American girl MC, cast is made up of mainly Palestinian and Palestinian-American characters, most if not all are Muslim. One of the MCs suffers from depression.
CWs: Alcohol consumption, alcoholism, abandonment, abortion, blood, car accident, death, death of parent, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, genocide (mentions of Nakbah), grief, islamophobia (girls are told not to wear the hijab outside of the house/school), mental illness (depression), misogyny, murder, miscarriage (character forces herself to miscarry through physical violence to her stomach), physical abuse, pregnancy (several times), rape (marital rape), sexism, sexual content, suicidal thoughts, violence.
Rep: Two Palestinian women MC, one Palestinian-American girl MC, cast is made up of mainly Palestinian and Palestinian-American characters, most if not all are Muslim. One of the MCs suffers from depression.
CWs: Alcohol consumption, alcoholism, abandonment, abortion, blood, car accident, death, death of parent, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, genocide (mentions of Nakbah), grief, islamophobia (girls are told not to wear the hijab outside of the house/school), mental illness (depression), misogyny, murder, miscarriage (character forces herself to miscarry through physical violence to her stomach), physical abuse, pregnancy (several times), rape (marital rape), sexism, sexual content, suicidal thoughts, violence.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Moderate: Genocide, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Abortion, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Car accident