Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

69 reviews

readwithandreina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

deckleeditproof's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Dementia, and Death of parent

rheagoveas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, and War

joymargot's review

5.0

Heartbreaking, beautiful and deeply moving. A must read for everyone, especially right now.

Palestine will be free! 🇵🇸

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and Grief

ronjaorsomething's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I highly recommend this book. It shows the Palestinian struggle through multiple generations of the same family, starting just before the 1948 Nakba.  The book focuses a lot on emotions and how the characters experience certain events rather than just facts, which I think helps in making it feel more real. While the main focus is on the Palestinian perspective, there are also different Jewish perspectives shown.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Grief, and War

amberinpieces's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

emeryboyd's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This is a heartbreaking story of the suffering, strength and hope of the Palestinian people. And although these characters are fictional they represent the lives of real people. I hope that one day Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

teabeansss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

julialeigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

chi__'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Blood, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Alcoholism and Pregnancy