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Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz
3.5
Decently interesting book; though my main complaint is the audiobook narrator. Never have I though the narrator was so out of place. This woman should be reading a contemporary fiction with an unlikable narrator. Yellowface for example. It just took me out of the book. It read like it was a fiction story, not a nonfiction book about archeology. Really weird. Never encountered this before.
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
5.0
Nothing could’ve prepared me for the heartbreak in this book. While it’s a fictional story, the historical events are real. Stories of immense tragedy are not fiction in the lives of Palestinians which is why this hits so hard. It may as well be a true story. I think a big take away from this is the generational trauma that Palestinians experience. Not only is the trauma passed on but it is ongoing. Every new generation has to face the same yet new brutal horrors inflicted by the occupying power.
TW for extreme violence and gore Big TW for the Sabra and Shatila massacre
TW for extreme violence and gore Big TW for the Sabra and Shatila massacre
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Was for a book club. DNF