Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

11 reviews

mcmorgan's review

challenging emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Violence, Police brutality, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Colonisation

annieo15's review against another edition

informative reflective 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

4.0

“Enter Ghost” examines what it means to be an individual haunted by the past and present of an entire nation. While this sometimes leaves the intricacies of characters unexplored, the mastery of interpersonal dynamics and larger narrative are beautifully nuanced. I learned so much from this book, about people and Palestine.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Police brutality, and Grief

bethanwx's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

A stark tale of a woman living in dangerous circumstances. Exploring strained sisterhood ghosts (in all their forms), family and the past, Enter Ghost grows in intensity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Blood, and Police brutality

amyjo25's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide and Gun violence

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

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

georgiabritton's review

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Suicide, Violence, Islamophobia, and Murder

cassielaj's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book offered a perspective I’ve never encountered and a great insight into a small sliver of lived experience in Palestine. I appreciated the theme of art/theatre as revolutionary and the bleeding of the play’s themes into the characters real lives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, Colonisation, and War

tashtasher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Abandonment and Alcohol