Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi

14 reviews

zanm's review

medium-paced

4.25

Audiobook was phenomenal due to the talents of the cast, really sucked me into the story.
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Content of book itself: pretty good :) as a gay dude learning italian…I felt very seen. Really a sweet story and I was generally invested in the story. Good characters, medium pace, and realistic stakes.
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Critiques-
One thing that felt like it would come up later but never did was

the illegal wikipedia junk. I was waiting for repercussions.

Also, the ending didn’t feel very fleshed out compared to the rest of the book. We spent all this time building up this story and then it fizzles out… I suppose that can be true to life but I’d prefer a clearer ending (though

the voicemail

was a great final note)
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Overall solid, would read more from the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Islamophobia

vagaybond's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

madamenovelist's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Xenophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism and Islamophobia

bootrat's review

emotional funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Islamophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Racism and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship

ophycore's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Islamophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual harassment

rayne_1906's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.25

Audiobook - 3 hours - This book was enjoyable enough, but I can't help but feel a lot of it was unnecessary. There was too much 'filler' for me, as a lot of the parts describing his time in Rome just felt there for the sake of it, and didn't further the plot, or my understanding of the characters at all. I also thought the parts in the interrogation room felt incredibly unrealistic - there's no way anyone would speak that way to someone questioning them, especially not when they'd been targeted based on islamophobia. Overall, I suppose I felt this book felt conflicted between trying to be serious and trying to be lighthearted and fun, and fell awkwardly in the middle instead. That being said, as a light read, it held my attention well enough, and was a decent read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Islamophobia

amelia_22's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Islamophobia, and Outing

longlost's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.0

i liked how loosely this book was written - i enjoyed reading about amir's time in rome and how his friendships with johan & the others developed, even if at some points it got a little messy. part of the story being told by the entire family via airport interviews was also a really creative touch that i feel added to the atmosphere of the story + a reality check into what it's like to be a muslim in this day and age. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Islamophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

sarahcherie's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Outing

Minor: Islamophobia

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Outing, and Alcohol