Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

205 reviews

maiahhtratchh's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

I love sad and emotional novels and yet never in my life have a read a book that caused such dread that the contents of this book settled deep in me like a stone. Current events and the books proximity to Rafah do play heavily into how impactful it was but, even without that, this novel would still evoke such strong emotions in me. The first part actually gave me nightmares of this happening to my loved ones. If anyone is wanting to read about the Palestinian experience, specifically a more historic view point, I would recommend this book. I am glad it was so short though because I don’t think I could’ve handled much more of the intensity specifically in the last two pages it really got to me. I wanted to read it twice in a row because of how short it is to fully catch everything but I think I need to take a break and read something lighter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Misogyny, Torture, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

Minor: War

silviahc's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

5.0

"sometimes it's inevitable for the past to be forgotten, especially if the present is no less horrific" this book was not easy to read, 

it's inhumane that this is the treatment for many Palestinian girls/ women. The author paints such a haunting picture throughout the entire book, the ending 

gutted me in a way not a lot of books do. LAND YOU HAVE TO KILL FOR IS NOT YOURS!!!! #FREEPALESTINE 🇵🇸🗣️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexual assault

khinkyaw's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

maxgdy's review

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, and Colonisation

kenzwils's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

bellagasparro's review

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

kristakp's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Xenophobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rororow's review

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Xenophobia

jbfletcher's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Sexual assault, Violence, Colonisation, and War

monika_b's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and War