Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

58 reviews

bittersweetcritiques's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, and War

lidia7's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Blood and Vomit

ashleybakerwrites's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

Important read in the times, but literally soul crushing. Describes horrifying things in the past and their echos and recreation in the present. It feels like there will be another minor detail written about the future where it's contents will mirror this one. 

Didn't like that the first few scenes were in the pov of the attackers, but I know that the victims pov would have been unbearable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Violence, Islamophobia, and Murder

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Islamophobia

vklyle99's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

laura_cat's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Murder, and Colonisation

nomonbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I just finished this and I feel like I need to read it again.
This was a masterful novella that felt full and detailed and intricate. Every word and scene and image was considered. Each detail is important. The resulting picture is a gut punch. It's haunting and masterful work.

I loved how Shibli managed to make motes of sand have more personality than the officer. The sprinkled use of emotional language in relation to scenery was so clever.

On a general note as well this is a searing portrayal of life under occupation as well as the occupations brutality. Saying so much in such a short book is so impressive. 

I wanted more because of course I did. Of course I wasn't satisfied. There is no happy ending under occupation.

The book therefore for everything it needed to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, and Rape

miniingrid's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, and Colonisation

potion96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail