Reviews tagging 'Rape'

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

55 reviews

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Genocide, War, Child death, Torture, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Confinement

parsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Violence, Death of parent, War, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape and Torture

stuckinatimeloop's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i loved this book, read it in a day. it's so true that the outside world, including me, is mostly ignorant about horrific civil wars happening in many countries like syria. we know there are refugees but do we really think about them?

the characters were all written well and the writing was so beautiful, especially the descriptions. definitely would read more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, War, Child death, Death of parent, Violence, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Rape

fanchera's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, War, Blood, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

decie's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Gun violence, Sexism, Torture, Death of parent, Genocide, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

livs_getting_bookish's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I was left speechless, I finished the book and just sat there for about 10 minutes, huge smile on my face, not wanting to move on from this masterpiece just yet. The rich plot and scenery, the amazing characters just begging you to fall in love with them, the beautiful writing, the hope and the tragedy. And that plot twist that came about 60% of the way through - wow! I bawled my eyes out several times throughout this book but laughed and cheered the characters on just as much! I would recommend this book to anyone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Gore

Minor: Rape

arianna9's review

dark emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazing book. Super realistic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Child death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and War

Moderate: Torture, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Rape

bookishmagpie's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, War, Murder, Death, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Medical trauma

myths_reads's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I'm not the biggest fan of historical novels but this takes the win on so many levels. Given the topic of the book, I was a bit apprehensive about how someone would be able to make the necessary impact. Still, Katouh blew all of my expectations out of the water and left me teary-eyed throughout the book. I think the biggest win for this book is how easily the author is able to have a profound discussion on war, and the impact it has on people. She takes politics off the topic and shows that the people who suffer in war are the innocents caught in the crossfire. 

The story is real and heartfelt. It also doesn't shy away from difficult topics, from showing the horrors of war. But it also shows hope and shows that there is a silver lining in the horrible moments. The only reason why this book did not get a five star from me is because I never felt 100% attached to the characters. Obviously, this book is not targeted to my age-group so there's that.

I still think EVERYONE should read this book. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Grief, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

sara_b_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Physical abuse, Rape, Vomit, Police brutality, Violence, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Murder, Medical content, and Death