Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

14 reviews

amberinpieces's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Blood, Medical content, and Car accident

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Gaslighting

lettuce_read's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Hollow Fires has arrived in the wake of the Trump era, in an environment of rampant misinformation and media bias, of white supremacist violence and “affluenza.”  This story follows Safiya, a Desi Muslim scholarship student and journalist-in-training at a private Chicago high school.  As editor-in-chief, she writes a social justice column for the school newspaper, but, as part of the school’s attempts to cover up a series of racist incidents in the community, she is being censored by the administration.  When a neighborhood Muslim boy goes missing, Safiya must race to piece together enough evidence to connect the dots and convince the police to do something, putting her own safety at risk.  Ahmed’s thriller illustrates diversity within Muslim communities, portrays the reality of police incompetence, and explores the nuances of modern white supremacy and hate crimes, for which there is no justice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, and Murder