Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Drobny szczegół by Adania Shibli

192 reviews

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

madieemma's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Sexual assault, Genocide, War, Rape, Murder, and Violence

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: Injury/Injury detail and Animal death

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

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

lizard800's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.75

The story itself is very well done and it really drives the point home. I am still feeling its impact.

I didn't prefer the author's writing style, however. It is extremely detailed and slow moving.

Additionally, I did not like the audiobook narrator.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Islamophobia, and Murder

michela_wilson's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense

5.0

This is one of the most important books you will ever read. 

Let me say that again,  this is one of the most important books you will ever read!

Minor Detail explores the realities of being Palestinian during IDF military occupation. The fear, the constant overthinking, and the reminders of loss. The story follows a young Palestinian woman as she sets out to discover the truth of an article she read regarding a similar Palestinian woman. While reading about this journey, the cyclical nature of history (especially regarding this particular occupation and violence) becomes very clear. 

The writing of this book was phenomenal and it did an excellent job showing the shifting landscapes of Palestine. Villages become unused parks, and walls and military checkpoints are constructed in between families. 

This book incites action and I, again, believe everyone needs to read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Rape

mashedpotato's review against another edition

challenging sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

romatrashperla's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Death, Rape, Violence, and War

yesbethhh92's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

puffy_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

 My first thoughts after I finished reading this was “this is going to sit with me for a while.” Sometimes after you read something, you just need to take the time to sit with and digest what you just read. Just very masterfully and beautifully written. The words just floated off the pages and created such vivid images in my head, and I am someone that very often has trouble visualizing what I am reading. If I was smarter or a more literary inclined person, I would go into more details regarding the parallel we see between the first and second part and how it made me feel and such. It’s one of the books that I almost regret not having a physical copy of that I can annotate and go back to for further analysis. I really don’t have any words, not right now at least. This was a just a phenomenal read. Free Palestine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, War, Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, and Colonisation

sabreen21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and War

Minor: Islamophobia and Racism

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.