Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

9 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective 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

This was a rough one, and I was surprised that it was on Jenna Bush Hager's reading list, but I'm probably judging her unfairly based on her father. I thought the book unfolded very well, and I will definitely read this author again. Lots of digging fingernails into legs, though. Maybe that was on purpose to connect the generations of women?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Child death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Car accident, Alcohol, Confinement, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Abortion, Alcoholism, and Blood

Minor: Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Infertility

mygvrses's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

absolutely breathtaking. left my heart shattered. such an important story but one that keeps you hooked from start to finish. and as a debut…incredible. omw to get her next book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Addiction, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism and Adult/minor relationship

shushkeepitdown's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

I was straight up bawling my eyes over this book. It really shows the dangers of misogynistic culture being inbedded into religion and twisting it's words. This book made me so mad at the men and the current world we live in.  Not much has changed but I hope one day as a woman myself I can make my own choices without having a finger pointed at me just for existing. A beautiful book which made me super emotional. Highly recommend pick it up but be warned there is a lot of triggering topics and contents in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Self harm, and Child abuse

Minor: Car accident

mentions of car accident but no one actually dies by one

massara's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was an absolutely heart-wrenching read written in such a magnificent way. It is an excellent representation of generational trauma and how it can continue to affect families as they grow. I appreciate Rum's use of each of the character's different perspectives as they opened my eyes to the horrors my ancestors could have faced as well. This book is of course a novel but it might as well be non-fiction due to all the unfortunate truths within the pages of it. Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Child abuse

Minor: Xenophobia

greyemk's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

2.0

Didn’t care for this. Gratuitous violence throughout the whole book and the themes were heavy-handed. Characters felt flat, like people I had seen before, with the exception of Isra who was really the heart of the novel. That said I did breeze through it as the core mystery is quite engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

saraellenme's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Islamophobia, Misogyny, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Bullying, Body shaming, Confinement, Gaslighting, Infertility, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Torture

mariahkindareads's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Islamophobia

deefenestrate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Abandonment

foreverinastory's review against another edition

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment, Death of parent, Genocide, Islamophobia, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Car accident