Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

8 reviews

chanatova's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Deportation

__adrianwalker's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

2.5

To many religious inaccuracies for a book that so heavily centers around religion as a motivator for characters—strange hyper fixation on women's hair and taking of a hijab, linguistic mistakes, misattributions to the Quran.

The story's conclusion also felt very unsatisfying at the end, the entire book built up to an ambiguous ending that was morally grey at best, with no real resolution for any of the main character's conflicts (internal or external).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Minor: Rape and Islamophobia

helliepad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Islamophobia, and Pregnancy

meremesch's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and War

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, and Islamophobia

bethanstanleyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Islamophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

jasminrain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Its the kind of book that ticks all the trigger warnings but you still need to read it. I listened to it as an audiobook and the narrator did an absolutely phenomenal job capturing the characters, their emotions and the world around them. I loved that the story was not linear but jumping back and forth between the present and the past. I can't say that its a book that blowed my mind with twists as it was quite easy to figure out what was coming. 

It's the kind of book that you have to read because of the topic. While its definitely on the heavy side with content and themes, lots of the darker events are actually not discussed in detail which was a bit of a relief. The only thing that I found really appalling was the ableist language that the main character used about her disabled wife. All the other triggers in the book were rooted to the story and the trauma that the characters experienced, but it was the choice of the author to use this language. When I started reading the book I also thought that the author had Syrian background and I was suprised to learn later that she didn't. It kinda made me wonder if that was her story to tell in the first place. 

Regardless of all this I really enjoyed the book. I wanted to keep listening and learning about their journey and all those past events that were discussed in the present. The book was quite fast paced at times and the story of their journey jumping a lot. I think I would have liked to learn more about certain moments. But apart from all that it was such a good book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism and Emotional abuse

sarzhaliu's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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 book was so good and it really got me emotional at the end
This story is also so important for other people to learn about because I didn't know at first how hard it would be to seek asylum and also the struggles of being a refugee, so this book really opened my eyes and ugh it was great

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Islamophobia

hummyk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Islamophobia