Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah

51 reviews

lilyreads01'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

bethsbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

A book that feels so new yet so familiar. I'll not forget it. Packed with heartache and brimming with hope, this novel tells the story of the powerful and resilient Afaf as she navigates a school shooting where she teaches while flashbacks of her past interrupt her thoughts. Her life has been punctuated by grief, self-discovery, loss, finding faith, being the victim of racism, and falling in love - yet it's all led to this moment. Will she survive the school shooting? Will her daughter, a student at the school, survive? How will her past help her in what could be, might be, her final moments? 

The writing in this novel is crisp, polished, yet lyrical. Each line flows from one to the next, each idea fluid as it weaves throughout her life, her mother's life, her father's, her sister's, and the school shooters. The author fills in every gap and every question you may have while still respecting the privacy of the characters when necessary. Ending on a poignant note, I don't think I have a bad word to say about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

literautres's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.25

boiled me and wrecked me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

theravenflight's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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: Death, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, and Car accident

tiakiwi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

How to even describe this book. It goes back and forth from the past to the present showing the MC's life both the struggles and the joys. I finished this book in a few hours because you just wanted to know more. Very well written and definitely a must read for any one living on America.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Murder

mxsunflower's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Islamophobia, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Mental illness and Religious bigotry

marc's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Islamophobia, and Mass/school shootings

wchereads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

3.75

I am just a pool of tears

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Car accident

borrowedbyaudrey's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Suicide attempt

mostephanitely's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Islamophobia, and Mass/school shootings