Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

141 reviews

bejf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Violence, War, Torture, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

ceodi17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

Absolutely excellent.

Gorgeous writing, exquisitely complex characters, wonderful exploration of trauma and mental illness and THE tenderest romance to ever exist. Never really been a fan of war novels but the hope, the patriotism, the everything. Just bloody great.

5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Grief

saritachr's review against another edition

sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Gun violence, War, Pregnancy, and Grief

serena_andherstories's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

4.5

Gosh, this was such a beautiful and heartbreaking story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Hate crime, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Child death, and Genocide

isadowski's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring 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

4.5

Dit boek heeft me laten huilen, geïnspireerd en zo veel geleerd over iets waar ik zo weinig van wist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Violence, War, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Torture, Misogyny, Gun violence, Genocide, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

lozzo_bozo's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, War, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Vomit

mald626's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Medical content, Torture, Murder, Gore, Child death, Violence, War, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

gaetkoguy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

Beautiful and heart wrenching. The reading was easy, the characters were real, and the twists and turns took my breath away. What a marvel and a work of art. Highest recommendations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, and War

Minor: Vomit and Panic attacks/disorders

kaitlouise94's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

If you’re only going to read one book this year, this is the book you NEED to read. It’s an historical fiction about a pharmaceutical student who is surviving in Syria, during the Syrian Revolution. We join her as she struggles between escaping Syria and fighting against an oppressive and evil dictatorship. I cried through the majority of this book, and especially sobbed at one point. This book will make you laugh, fill you with hope, and devastate you. It’s beautifully written and captures the feelings of fear, desperation, and hope, someone in Syria would’ve felt during this time. This is definitely now one of my most favorite books. It’s incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, Child death, and Genocide

Moderate: Grief, Death, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Gore

Minor: Torture and Rape

bahnessa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Violence, and Gun violence