Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

2 reviews

needlebrook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

The book only clicked for me about 200 pages in- which took me the first 28 days of July. the opening of the book is confusingly strange and I struggled to understand the scenes. 

But after the 28 days, I finished the whole book in 2 days. I enjoyed the three main plot lines unraveling with gibreel farishta at the center, eventually driving him insane. The stuff that occurs are batshit insane- and I understand how this might not be everyone's cup of coffee.  I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book after I really got into the groove. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Islamophobia

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Sexism, Violence, and Police brutality

kimschouwenaar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

holy crap, this was wild — an absolute “roller coaster ride” of a book (thank you angela carter). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting