Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo

19 reviews

xread_write_repeatx's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Hate crime, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Police brutality, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

readingwithkaitlyn's review

reflective 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Islamophobia, Racism, Bullying, Hate crime, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

9/11 mention.

nimeneth's review

emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Islamophobia, War, and Religious bigotry

aishallnot's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Islamophobia

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content

bookbuyingwithkatie's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Trafficking, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Death of parent, Abandonment, Bullying, and Racism

tahsintries's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

sabrinalefebvre's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.75

This felt like reading a beautiful warm love letter to all mothers who’ve sacrificed so much for their children

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Islamophobia

allycat23's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent

nonbinarylibrarianwitch's review

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Bullying, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Grief, Hate crime, and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs, Car accident, and Infidelity

divaninoor's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The most beautiful and heartbreaking description of what it feels like to want to be someone else because you and your parent live in two different worlds <3 because of the somewhat-slow pace of the book, I did wonder where it was going when I first started reading it. By the end, I could only sit and wonder about how many drafts, how much external development, and how many nights it took to write this. Safia Elhillo described the feelings of diaspora children all too well- I think this book is especially realistic and relatable for children of immigrants who had to spend all their time working, rather than being able to spend time with their families or relax, when they got here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Rape