Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

5 reviews

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore and Excrement

mirandyli's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A nicely written take on what might happen if portals to other countries started to appear in random areas, and refugees start to use them to seek asylum. Unrealistic at times, like when the British decide not to bomb where the refugees live because they didn’t want to live with the fact they would do that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

violerwolf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Hamid’s circular, winding prose is definitely not for everyone, and I think it probably turns a lot of people away from this book. This style works really well though at creating a sense of calm inevitability throughout the book, that everything that happens will happen because of who the characters are and what the world is. Hamid’s focus on intersectionality within the novel plays well with the larger themes of immigration and community. Similarly, the lack of specificity of where Nadia and Saeed are from creates the sense that they could be anyone and everyone. I did find the characterization awkward at points, and I went into the book originally assuming the doors to be a much larger part of the plot rather than a simple allegory for open/uncontrolled borders, but overall I’m excited to check out Hamid’s other work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Classism

violetends's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Racism, and Police brutality

miachalupa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, and Death of parent