3.95k reviews for:

Against the Loveless World

Susan Abulhawa

4.57 AVERAGE

laurpast's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

sara_n's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

samahkhan01's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

reasoning's review against another edition

3.75

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a hugely important novel that was only let down by a second half that felt like it focused on recounting events at the expense of character and relationship development

jordanbet's review against another edition

5.0

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No words, just rage. We will get justice and we will see a free Palestine.

reads2cope's review

5.0

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“Now the land had been pulled from under my feet and I wobbled in the unsteady terrain of refugees, struggling to carry on. It wasn’t like that for Mama or even Sitti Wasfiyeh, who had sworn she would never recover from becoming a refugee again... Maybe it was easier because the trauma of forced displacement was already well-known to them, and they understood how idleness and purposelessness could dull the mind, droop the eyelids, and seep too much sleep and despair into the day.”

I already can feel that the characters, the settings, every plot large and small will stick with me and replay in my mind. Abulhawa write such vivid and gripping details into every corner of this book, even in the most devastating and hearwrenching pages, I couldn’t look away or put it down.

mleon1's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional reflective tense

elienore's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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: Complicated

keeperlitbooks's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

kia_y_k's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated