Reviews tagging 'Death'

Shatila Stories by Fatima Omar Ghazawi, Rayan Mohamad Sukkar, Samih Mahmoud, Safiya Badran, Hiba Mareb, Nibal Alalo, Safa Khaled Algharbawi, Omar Abdellatif Alndaf, Omar Khaled Ahmad

7 reviews

bannedfrombookclub's review against another edition

5.0

This is a collaborative work of fiction, a story cycle I guess, set in Shatila refugee camp. The camp is home to generations of Palestinian refugees whose displacement has thrown their lives into precarious statis.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Child marriage

sanctuary's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Physical abuse, Grief, War, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship

itzjez's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, Bullying, and Adult/minor relationship

antoniak's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Death, and Mental illness

scottyreadsstuff's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

Thank you to The StoryGraph and Audrey for hosting this giveaway and providing the opportunity to enter it! :)

I wasn’t sure what to expect from the premise of Shatila Stories, but this might be one of the best books I’ve read in my life (so far)! The idea of a collaborative novel is quite ingenious, every story seemed to flow together yet each author’s voice was distinct. I’m very impressed!!

And listening to Shatila Stories via the Audrey app definitely enhanced the experience! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Minor: Death

musingsbynitika's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: War and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, and Alcoholism

martha_is_reading's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

 Shatila Stories was every bit as unique and memorable as I had hoped when my friend first sent it my way. Periene Press worked with nine refugees in the Shatila camp in Beirut to produce a set of interwoven short stories, and the result was a moving portrait of life in the camp. There were some triggering themes which I'll put in spoiler brackets below, but I thought they were tackled respectfully and were woven into the complex picture of life in a place that is not one's home, but has to become one's community out of necessity. The Shatila camp represents something that should be temporary for those displaced against their will, but it is also a seemingly permanent construction that has existed since the 1940s. Dangerously low-hanging electrical wires are coupled with housing and a community centre, it's a place of contradiction, and I thought that this book really brought that to life through achingly human stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism