Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

4 reviews

qqjj's review

challenging dark emotional funny tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Colonisation

jono_lawrence's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Colonisation, and War

liesthemoontells's review

emotional informative reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.5

I read this book for a book club. It is not something I would normally have read, and I'm very glad I did.

Not a lot happens in this novel. Instead, it follows a small group of people, creating art and pushing back against the injustices and everyday indignities inflicted upon them by a colonising force. 

While doom and oppression are constantly looming in the background of this book, it is somehow a gentle read as the main character Sonia is extremely reflective, spending as much time analysing the small behaviours of the people around her as she does the wider political situation she has entered into.

I love that the book ends where many authors would have begun it, just as the calamity occurs. Instead,

refreshingly, Isabella Hammad gives her reader space to bask in the small, day to day intricacies of her characters and their lives, instead of forcing us to witness them in extreme stress.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide and Miscarriage

anditsreal's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

5.0

I read fiction to understand the world. This book reminded me how powerful the creative act can be.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Police brutality