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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.
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.
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.
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