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stellenelcielo's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book messed me up a lil bit ngl

The parallels the main character in part 2 found herself in made me so nervous. This book was haunting and so heartbreaking. I will be thinking about this book for a long time, I’m certain.

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vodareads's review against another edition

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mysterious tense

Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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jokf's review

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challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Really strong beginning and ending! But the midle of the book was i little hard to get through:/ I would still definetly recommend this book, if youre interested in learning about palestine. Its a great book, just little slow<3

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kestrel_of_the_pages's review

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challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Short but difficult read.

The first half follows the point of view from a commanding officer of the Israeli occupying army a year after the Nakba, 1949, and the second half takes place in what feels like early 2000's and follows a Palestinian reporter trying to solve a mystery caused by said CO.

The commanding officer is heinous. The deeds depicted are absolutely atrocious and true to what many Bedouin, Arab, Palestinian women of the time faced. I was physically ill through most of the two stories and the end had me in furious tears. It was so difficult to read knowing this is rooted in reality, the weight of the importance is tangible despite the size of this novella.

A relentlessly true story that is approachable enough to get people to read the daily reality Palestinians have been subjected to.

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readbykatherine's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I find it very hard to rate this book because while Minor Detail is technically a work of fiction, it is based off the hundreds of real life Palestinian experiences of unrelenting violence at the hands of the Israeli government and military (IOF).

Even though I will probably never read this book again

the rape that happened in the first part of the book was awful and the author did not shy away from the violence and pure evilness of the act.

I have to credit Adania Shibli (with five stars) for writing a book that thoroughly shook me to my core.

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sadriceballs's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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dafni's review

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emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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colormecaro's review against another edition

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5.0

Not a single detail in this book is minor.
Even if the narrator in the second half of the book says it is. Details like being used to bombings and shelling and opening a window to avoid it shattering in an explosion but being upset about the dust. Not minor.

🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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