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4.57 AVERAGE
This book is gorgeous and gut wrenching. I truly kept forgetting I was reading fiction, as it felt so personal and intimate in the storytelling. Highly recommend.
"Mansaf was always a dish for large gatherings or holidays in my youth. Eating it by hand makes it all the more cherished. The continuity of these traditions helped bridge the spaces between dislocation and the home I had forged in my birthright homeland, but I knew I could never again be complete in one place. This was what it meant to be exiled and disinherited- to straddle closed borders, never whole anywhere. To remain in one place meant tearing one's limbs from another. I missed my mother. My brother and grandmother. I balled a bite of mansaf in my hand and looked around the room... This was where I belonged, but so much of me was still scattered elsewhere."
Against the Loveless World is a stunningly beautiful and deeply impactful story. Abulhawa, a Palestinian American author, follows a young woman named Nahr from her teenage years through to older adulthood, told as a retrospective first-person narrative by Nahr from solitary confinement in an Israeli prison.
This was such a heavily recommended read, and I am so grateful to have been introduced to such an important novel. Abulhawa is able to so poignantly communicate the deep pain of forced displacement and life as a refugee, a so important narrative to explore in light of recent and continued ethnic cleansings through forced evictions in Sheikh Jarrah.
There is so so much I loved in this story. Abulhawa has such a beautiful mastery of words, as she creates a story crossing multiple generations, brought to life by multi dimensional characters. She brings together a number of immeasurably important topics within her storytelling, exploring bodily autonomy, homophobia, and feminism. I so strongly recommend this book!
Against the Loveless World is a stunningly beautiful and deeply impactful story. Abulhawa, a Palestinian American author, follows a young woman named Nahr from her teenage years through to older adulthood, told as a retrospective first-person narrative by Nahr from solitary confinement in an Israeli prison.
This was such a heavily recommended read, and I am so grateful to have been introduced to such an important novel. Abulhawa is able to so poignantly communicate the deep pain of forced displacement and life as a refugee, a so important narrative to explore in light of recent and continued ethnic cleansings through forced evictions in Sheikh Jarrah.
There is so so much I loved in this story. Abulhawa has such a beautiful mastery of words, as she creates a story crossing multiple generations, brought to life by multi dimensional characters. She brings together a number of immeasurably important topics within her storytelling, exploring bodily autonomy, homophobia, and feminism. I so strongly recommend this book!
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Learned so much at about Palestine’s tragic history of recurring displacement. Loved the unique and deep female relationships. I had understood but hated the violent aspects.
dark
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
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:
No
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Incredible, eye-opening, heartbreaking.. hard to read and a must read, especially at the moment.
Once again, I'm blown away with Susan Abulhawa's skill and passion. she writes about tremendously heavy topics in a way that really connects with her readers. I will recommend this book until every person I know has read it.
Libby stole it back before I was ready😭😭 I was actually pretty into it too. I don’t think that I was reading it at the right time but i definitely want to revisit it at a later time.