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bookhead420's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide
aweekinthelife's review
challenging
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
I appreciate reading “A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs” right before picking up this book. Hoja, the author of “A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs”, leaves Urumqi in 2001 and has been in the US ever since while Izgil flees with his family in 2017 and the two perspectives together paint the trajectory for the actions of the Chinese government from the late 1990s into modern day. an important and timely memoir about things happening right now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Islamophobia, and Racism
charliemaigne's review against another edition
Returned to library; on hold list
Content Warnings
Graphic: Islamophobia and Genocide
Minor: Torture
mondovertigo's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Islamophobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Pregnancy and Suicide
tigerkind's review
emotional
informative
tense
slow-paced
4.25
Hamut Izgil‘s account skillfully paints a picture of Uyghur life under the repressive system of the Chinese government, interweaving a personal report on the advancement of the genocide with anecdotes of everyday life and his own poems. It is a heartbreaking and infuriating book but also filled with so much love – for his family, his friends, his culture and his homeland. I highly recommend.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Cultural appropriation, Genocide, Racism, and Islamophobia
Moderate: Torture, Police brutality, Grief, Hate crime, and Violence
Minor: Trafficking and Alcohol
cghegan's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Deportation, Genocide, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Torture
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