Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

168 reviews

norafitzgerald's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, and Colonisation

hellovivi_'s review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Violence, Medical content, and Colonisation

Moderate: Rape and Xenophobia

Minor: 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

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

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

emeliajane97's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Murder, Colonisation, and War

churglem's review

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

ktrain3900's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was an experience, not a novel, more patiently and precisely crafted than pretty much anything I've ever read. The parallels--minor details--between the two sections (wandering in the desert, the howling dogs, spiders, getting lost and finding, the insomnia) are almost too overt, but carry a weight that pulls somewhere just shy of gravity. It is slow, almost plodding, small but powerful, with a feeling of the inevitable that will bewitch you into believing in inevitability...almost.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Murder, and Colonisation

If you are at all inclined to give tough content a chance in your reading, try this book. The subject matter is well-handled by exquisite writing that never goes any farther than it absolutely has to to tell the story.

cramer2c's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Colonisation