Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Palestina by Joe Sacco

7 reviews

lionesskeeper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Grief, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Classism

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

adudemaybe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Really eye opening + a very striking art style

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

angievansprang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This is the very first graphic novel I’ve ever read, and I don’t think I enjoyed doing so in a digital format. This was of course to no fault of the author, so I wouldn’t say it affected my rating. Another note I will add is that I did not do enough research about this author before picking up the novel, and I believed he was Palestinian which he is not. I think it is of the utmost importance to read from Palestinian authors at this time to hear their stories directly, and I certainly hope to do so soon myself. I thought this was an incredibly effective story to read at this time in history. Palestinians have been terrorized by Israelis and the IOF for so so long, and it was eye-opening to read this work which was written about the ‘90s and published in 2000 with the ongoing genocide occurring in the Gaza Strip. Sacco uses the medium well to illustrate both the living conditions and horrendous recounts of torture and unjust incarceration that he observed. I also felt that the artist captured facial expressions well, and I thought that added so much emotion to the text which was already wrought with it. An emotional, informative, and powerful read. Free Palestine, from the river to the sea. 🇵🇸

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Police brutality, Kidnapping, and War

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

I’m choosing not to rate this because I don’t think it would be fair. I did learn a lot and I liked hearing about Palestinian stories and what these people went and are still going through. That being said this was told in such a confusing way to me. I also did not like the art style either. These things made it harder for me to understand and learn about some of the things mentioned. I do think this was well done, but maybe pick something else up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

meganpbell's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.5

Eyewitness journalism meets comics in this landmark work of graphic nonfiction, based on over a hundred interviews in Gaza and the West Bank during the author’s visit in the 1990s. This book is intense, ugly, heartbreaking, and remains unfortunately not only relevant but urgent. The author comes across as pretty unlikeable—but you have to respect his transparency. I read this on the recommendation of Jewish author Sim Kern.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Mass/school shootings

jhbandcats's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Absolutely devastating. I’d been wanting to read this for ages - I love Joe Sacco - and with the fighting between Hamas and Israel in Gaza right now, it seemed the perfect time to learn some history. This was written in 1992-1993. Nothing has changed except the area is even more densely packed. 

Without citing specific examples, I’ll just say the situation is horrific, it has been horrific since 1948, it will always be horrific, and I see no hope whatsoever. 

This book should be required reading for everyone - EVERYONE - right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation