Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan

13 reviews

ssilberman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Murder

donnanoble's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Genocide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

carabones's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

vireogirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

nhussain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Islamophobia, and Grief

florapants84's review

dark sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Violence, and War

Minor: Pedophilia

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This book series was recommended for readers who love Louise Penny's Inspector Armand Gamache books.  The Unquiet Dead did not disappoint.  The two main characters are fascinating and have plenty of secrets left to unravel.  The elements of war criminals, victims, and the United Nations' involvement in the Balkan genocide of the early 1990s had me researching for more information outside the book.  I'm ready to read more of this series (and the rest of Louise Penny's series.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Pedophilia

maxandrambo's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide and Rape

Minor: Child death, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

kellee's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I’d heard this book compared to Louise Penny, and I think there are some similarities (setting, iconoclast detective, and fleshed out motives behind the crimes). However, I didn’t find the writing similar, and the theme was overall much darker than I expected. Some parts of this book were difficult to read, because it deals with the real ramifications of war crimes and crimes against humanity. But it’s an important read, and a good one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and War

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content

serendipitysbooks's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

 The Unquiet Dead definitely contains grit. It follows Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty who have been asked to investigate the death of Christopher Drayton, who appears to have fallen from a cliff in Toronto. So why is their unit, which handles minority-sensitive cases, even involved? It soon transpires (spoilers ahead) that Drayton may be a false identity and he may in fact be a war criminal involved with the Srebrenica massacre. And it seems he didn’t shed his proclivities with his actual identity. The depiction of what occurred at Srebrenica and other wartime atrocities is quite graphic, meaning this book will not be for every reader. I was sometimes frustrated by Khattak’s inscrutability but I’m keen to learn more about him and see how his partnership with Rachel Getty unfolds. His being a practising Muslim and the bi-cultural nature of their partnership gave this book a definite point of difference and helps it stand it from the standard the police procedural. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Sexual violence, Violence, and Islamophobia