Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

16 reviews

quinnyquinnquinn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Minor: Suicide, Blood, and Deportation

pey333's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Police brutality

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Deportation

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

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

4.5

There really isn't a lot of YA with Persian representation, especially with characters who go to Iran. I can think of a few, but there isn't a lot. This book is really steeped in Persian culture, especially focusing on current and past events in Iran. The format of following this family through three generations really helps the reader to gain perspective, and each story was just as interesting as the others. 

Each character grows in their own way, and I appreciated the way this book also discussed the reality of queer people in Iran, even today. It truly is a powerful book, and I can see why it is getting so much praise!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Police brutality

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Suicide, Blood, and Deportation

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical content, Car accident, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Deportation

rachel_23's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Blood, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

legalplanner's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

This was such an interesting read coming after the Chander Legacies from Nazemain. The story's three different perspectives gave an insight into the generation trauma, both the growth and sad delays in the evolution of a country.

By setting this against the back drop of three different men in the history of Mahmouds family you get to see how each of them struggled with who they were and how they would manage to go beyond this and become a stronger family.

At first I wasn't totally sure how all of these stories were going to intersect or even come together to what they did. I am so glad that I was able to read this in advance and can say that this is another amazing LGBTQIA+ and Own Voices novel from Nazemain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Deportation