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The Beauty of Your Face: A Novel by Sahar Mustafah
51 reviews
jackbifrost's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
alexjoneswrites's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Islamophobia and Mass/school shootings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Self harm, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Car accident, and Colonisation
Missing childbeloved_bridget's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
That being said, the parts about the school shooter just did not work for me at all. They felt so out of place and constantly interrupted Afaf's narrative with horrific imagery (especially the one between 85-93) in a way that didn't feel productive to the book. The one between 93-2002 was so overdone, it made me roll my eyes with how obvious it was. Which is disappointing because the rest of the book did not feel that way at all.
Graphic: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings
eriley's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Islamophobia and Mass/school shootings
Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide attempt
onthesamepage's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
When she was nine years old, the girls in her Brownies troop told Azmia she was lucky she didn't look Muslim. She'd come home fighting tears and begging Afaf's permission to begin wearing hijab.
While this book isn't about the occupation and colonisation of Palestine, there are references to Afaf's family being forcibly removed from their home by settlers. Ultimately I think this book is about living somewhere and not feeling like you belong, and the different paths your life can end up taking, depending on how you deal with that. Afaf's mother was longing for her homeland, to the point that she could not continue to live away from it. Afaf forged a new home, with a new family, and a new community around her, despite the othering that she faced, from Muslims and non-Muslims alike. It's about the power of a hijab, which gives so much to the women wearing it, and also emboldens people with hate in their heart for a piece of cloth.
So this is what it's come down to? A piece of fabric? And yet what power it had held from the first time she'd slipped it on at Kowkab's house, a stranger in the mirror staring back at her. Her hijab had become a thing that attracted sheer hatred, fear. And yet where would she be without it?
There's a lot of commentary within the book about discrimination from outside the Muslim community, especially in the wake of 9/11, but also from within it, and how the community can sometimes hide the sins of some of its members, to the detriment of others. I really appreciated that the author decided to deal with this topic, because it's a difficult one to tackle.
Graphic: Bullying, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Islamophobia, and Mass/school shootings
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Genocide and Colonisation
dbrivera55's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Gun violence, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Child abuse
heidi_thompson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Religious bigotry
emmawiechs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Hate crime, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent
toniboi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, and Mass/school shootings
hazelgirl21's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Islamophobia, and Mass/school shootings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Car accident
Minor: Vomit