Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Palestina by Joe Sacco

18 reviews

chupacabra2000's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

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

maestro_cerrotorcido's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This collection of Palestinian accounts of the horror forced upon them by the occupying settler colony of Israel is a must read for understanding the occupation of Palestine. It was an incredibly difficult read due to the pain you feel when you put yourself in the Palestinians’ position. I learned so much such as different types of torture used, the appropriation of Palestinian goods to be sold as Israeli goods in Europe, the extra taxes Palestinians have to pay that Israelis do not, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

biab00's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

Important if you want a quick show and tell of what's happening in Palestine. 
This is from the 90's but unfortunately not a lot has changed, it's even worse now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

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

maryncemetery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A harrowing and important read. Especially in light of current events. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, War, and Deportation

noahbw's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Reading this felt like chaplaincy: unlike most novels or memoirs, there’s no real plot or character development; unlike most nonfiction I read, there’s no explicit argument or analysis. It’s just sort of an endless stream of people’s stories, mostly of trauma, and the author’s attempts to make sense of it all. I think there’s value in that - no sense of a tidy ending - but it makes it a somewhat challenging read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

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

klamonster's review against another edition

Ran out of time from the library and had to return it. It was very good but with everything going on right now I could only read it in small snippets to keep my heart from getting too heavy. I will probably go back to it someday, as I think it's really important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Police brutality

Moderate: Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and War