Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Palestiina by Joe Sacco

20 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

lochnessvhs's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

2.25

I won't deny that there is a lot of good information and important stories directly from Palestinians in this work. However, the author is such a disgusting POS it was uncomfortable to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

lunablch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book is amazing!! It was such a good read and I learned so much. Incredibly well-written and illustrated. 
(All the content warning though - this book is somehow so heavy but also digestible and sometimes even funny - it's pretty brilliant) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, and Xenophobia

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

dailybee's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War