Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Drobny szczegół by Adania Shibli

175 reviews

brynalexa's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The first part was extremely emotional to read. It’s very hard to put yourself into a camp of bigoted colonizers for 50 pages. The second part was two parts lovely and one part dread. It came together in the end. Very moving. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Islamophobia

Minor: Genocide and Alcohol

maddiereadswords's review against another edition

4.5

A book that is equal parts heavy and powerful. Check the trigger warnings before reading, but god is it worth a read if you can handle it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

i found the clinical tone of the first part challenging, in contrast to the extreme readability of the second part with its masterful choice of narrator. the motifs seemed sparse, even for a novella, and a little heavy-handed, especially in the first part. but overall it was a worthwhile, important, haunting read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

judah_g's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and War

lilaceous's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

characters - ⭐️

plot - ⭐️

engaging to read - ⭐️

would recommend - .5⭐️

would read again - ⭐️

tough read. i had to put it down at one point because it was so visceral and upsetting. i’m still thinking about the main protagonist days later. if you’re looking for palestinian stories of israeli occupation, this is definitely an impactful one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Colonisation, and War

kimran_rana's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

rebeccakoury's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

There's no way I can rate this. Read content warnings before pick this up.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

extracelestial's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

“Sometimes it’s inevitable for the past to be forgotten, especially if the present is no less horrific.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

joumana's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

It took me a while to finish this book. It is only about 110 pages, but it took me time to go through some of the pages that describe unspeakable violence. 
The author does an excellent job talking about the occupation, the Nakba, and the erasure of history. 
The book is called Minor Detail, and is pretty short, like an unassuming minor book, but it holds a lot of power. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Colonisation, and War

shaynicole's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation