Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

12 reviews

readandfindout's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Colonisation, and Deportation

clarabooksit's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse and Violence

shaun_dh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This memoir is stunning. Lamya H’s writing is beautiful and I particularly enjoyed the juxtaposition of her stories with stories from the Quran, which I have never read nor known anything about

It’s pretty amazing that I saw so much of myself in the author—me, a cis femme Biracial Black atheist witch dyke—especially in the final chapter. It feels like that chapter could have been written for me

This book is for anyone who has felt othered, anyone who is curious about religious interpretation, anyone who is interested in differing perspectives. Anyone with an open mind. Really, I think everyone needs to read this

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

amina_writes_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

this books written narrative style is not at all unique from a literary point of view. There's allot of harsh transitions initially from the writers early days to present day at the start of the narrative, then this drops off entirely. The focus on the various prophets is unique, however Ill executed. And as the author "radicalizes" in her journey, her interpretations of the Quran become more and more abstract, and less and less backed by the tasfirs she supposedly has read. As someone who was raised a practicing Muslim and who is also queer, this book only highlights the abusive and oppressive nature of Islam as a whole. Very let down by this read as it had so much promise for many like me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Classism

ladythana's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Dysphoria

hamletslover's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

auteaandtales's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, and Deportation

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

torturedreadersdept's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Deportation

emmehooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book does a beautiful job of intertwining the author’s experiences with queerness, faithfulness, immigration, racism, xenophobia, and biological and chosen family (to name a few).

I loved the structure of the book and the way they aligned the themes of different religious texts with themes of their life.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Colonisation

Minor: Biphobia

maddramaqueen's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Blood, and Colonisation