Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

108 reviews

bibookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

5/5 Stars ⭐️. Minor Detail is a haunting story told in two parts. The first half is about the assault and murder of a Palestinian girl in 1949. The second half of the book is about a young  Palestinian woman years later occupied Palestine researching the death that happened in 1949. This book is short and undeniably haunting. This book is a window into the horrors that Palestinian women and girls face under occupation from Isnotreal colonizers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Islamophobia, Murder, and War

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, Sexual violence, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty and Excrement

hanhantap's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism

koiolee's review against another edition

I couldn't stomach the graphic details of

the child rape scene in chapter 1.

As any morally good person would, I felt nauseous listening to the details being read to me. If this were a book form, i would skip the graphic details or close the book, but i can't when it's an audiobook. I have a pretty strong stomach but i couldn't continue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, and War

catslippers's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, and War

alexworksonthings's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

mar's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

5.0

absolutely haunting. cannot stop thinking abt the contrast btwn the first and second part.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, and Colonisation

saint_eleanor's review against another edition

challenging dark informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

This book is so unique, I loved it though it made me cry quite a bit.  

Its a novel telling the true story of the kidnapping and killing of a Bedouin-Palestinian girl by Israeli soldiers in Negev 1949. The protagonist discovers this event coincides with her birthday, and wonders about how much this 'minor detail' could have contributed to the 'war' (occupation).

The author was supposed to receive the LiberaturPreis from Germany in 2023 but was denied at the last minute because the judges felt it was "antisemitic" (there is not a single antisemitic word in this book, plus everything in it actually happened). 

The protagonist goes on a dangerous excursion near Rafah and Negev just to learn more about it, and sees ghosts in the desert, strange dogs, and camels before she starts to find parallels between her and the girl. Please read!! Its short. 🇵🇸  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Murder

Moderate: Rape

peachani's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Pedophilia, Racism, Vomit, and Colonisation

sabreen21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and War

Minor: Racism and Islamophobia

The books first starts with an Israeli soldier POV. The 2nd half is of a Palestinian woman POV. She read the article of what happens to the woman who was raped and she goes to see the more evidence. Her POV shows the reader how difficult it is for Palestinians to travel in their own land because of the occupation.