Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

4 reviews

aclancy974's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

I’m going to be thinking about this for a long time. In the best way. Memorable. Soulful. Moving. But please see content warnings, this could be potentially triggering or you may want to prepare to read differently ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Confinement, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual assault, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Islamophobia

clevelandbookgirl'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Suicide, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Ableism, Child abuse, Grief, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Cancer, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Biphobia, Alcohol, and Homophobia

carysyounkins's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Incest, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Lesbophobia

ccpetrikas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book took me a week to read, only because it’s so heart wrenching and emotional. It’s a sad beautiful story that was so well written I had to put it down to cry and reflect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Rape, Vomit, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Car accident, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Islamophobia, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Adult/minor relationship