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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

122 reviews

mbgibson825's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

katarinabee's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and War

emilyem206's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, and Death of parent

joce_lyn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Racism, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness and Medical content

terilinnea's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Easily fav read in a long long time. Takes everything else I’ve read the past couple years down a notch

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, and War

Moderate: Terminal illness

greenleafclarke's review against another edition

dark funny reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Minor: Racism

ka_cam's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

Beautifully written, moving, frustrating, and chaotic - I enjoyed the dream sequences and getting into Cyrus’ head. You could tell the author is a poet with the artful use of language. The ending for me was a bit abrupt, but I couldn’t put it down. An excellent novel exploring death and relationships for our violent, meaningful and meaningless time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

TW airplane crash/shot down

m_a_j's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

cultbyproxy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

“Dying. It feels like such a throwaway to just die for no reason. To waste your one good death.”

martyr! by kavek akbar felt like the perfect book to read as my heart ached for every person martyred in Palestine right now. through genocide, i leaned on art, on literature, to find some kind of meaning to the world’s cruelty. in reading this novel i found peace, and sadness, and happiness, and anger. and finally, i found mourning. for all those living, who are also all those dying (some simply faster than others). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Grief

degan_may's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

Kaveh is a tailor with words, stitching chapters together to create a profound patchwork quilt that will keep you warm even on the darkest of nights.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol