Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Return of Faraz Ali by Aamina Ahmad

3 reviews

brianreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, War, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Abortion, Colonisation, and Adult/minor relationship

patchworkculture's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Well, this book was heartbreaking. And also so much better than I expected. I grabbed this as my read for Pakistan in the Storygraph’s Read the World challenge. When I skimmed the synopsis, I thought this would be a detective mystery uncovering the death of a young girl. It is that to a certain extent, although not in the typical format. It covers so much more than that, though, exploring themes of politics, war, family, and motherhood. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Rape, and Sexual violence

uranaishi's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual violence, Child death, Classism, Death, Police brutality, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Violence, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, War, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Sexism, and Trafficking

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting