Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

201 reviews

peskilanim's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, and Lesbophobia

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Racism, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Outing, and Bullying

lynxaluchs's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Racism

windermerepeak1's review

hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

3.25

Pretty enjoyable overall! Nishat and Flávia are very very cute. Nishat is a great MC even though

she seems to really take her supposed best friends for granted? What’s up with that😭 other than towards the very end does it seem like this girl care about her friends among the other people in her life which I thought it was wild even with everything she was going through.

. Still I love the Bengali + Brazilian rep in this book and the very much real disappointment that comes when ppl aren’t initially accepting of who you are (and how they might surprise you with love later on💙)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, and Bullying

kylosten's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Cultural appropriation, Outing, and Racism

Moderate: Gaslighting and Bullying

paili's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Outing, and Racism

Moderate: Cultural appropriation

Minor: Islamophobia

dhiyanah's review

challenging funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

After thoroughly enjoying 'Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating,' I was excited to check out more works by this author. The writing and characters didn't disappoint. The plot structure felt so keyed in to the emotional tension of the main character that I often felt stressed for Nishat.

Adiba Jaigirdar has a way of affirming, in her writing, the unique struggles of growing up within South Asian diasporas, weaving it with her experiences within the Irish immigrant context. I thought at first that I wouldn't feel connected to the latter since Ireland feels so far away from me and my reality here in the global south, but she writes in a way that makes space for familiar challenges and the life-affirming possibilities so many of us in the global diaspora dream up in our free time just to get by. The ending was an adorably soft landing and I appreciate how hopeful that felt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Outing

Moderate: Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Racism

Moderate: Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Bullying, and Hate crime

Minor: Gaslighting

psistillreadyou's review against another edition

challenging hopeful medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Islamophobia and Deadnaming

The book accidentally deadnames Elliot Page. It was written before he came out. There are also frequent references to HP.

sapphicsoilscientist's review against another edition

sad

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Racism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Bullying and Cultural appropriation