Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

24 reviews

confusedteach33's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

This story was beautiful. Nayeri is an expert storyteller who tells his journey as a child refugee intermixed with a boatload of funny “poop stories”. This book is a worthwhile read for readers from middle school through adulthood, as I think everyone can learn much through sitting with Daniel as he tells you his story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

mabellene's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Racism

Moderate: Murder, War, Body shaming, and Drug use

Minor: Vomit and Infidelity

theglossreview's review against another edition

I wished I had checked the content warnings before. Terrible things are described graphically. Just awful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Murder, Medical content, Gore, Blood, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

talita_koum's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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? No

4.5

Beautiful and honest reflection on childhood, all those quirks and experiences which form a person. Author has a unique voice. Messages are at times a little too obvious (which makes the narrator even more endearing). Climax somewhere in the 200s and slows down at the end. Themes of memory, family/tradition, flaws, and Christianity. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Domestic abuse

jackie_marion's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Xenophobia

n_degeorgia's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

a very important read! the first hand tale of what it's like to leave your home country and everything you love and are proud of there and be transplanted into another country where nobody understands you, is racist and violent, and you experience poverty - told through the voice and narration of a child. So good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Violence, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Islamophobia, and Animal cruelty

emmybtaylor's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Beautiful work. Truly beautiful. Nayeri has a way of storytelling that makes you involved as a listener. His stories are moving, inspiring, and full of hope, despite their sad substance. Highly recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

nairam1173's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, and Bullying

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective sad 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Xenophobia, Classism, Excrement, Racism, Abandonment, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, and Bullying

mdwsn27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Confinement