Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Drobny szczegół by Adania Shibli

61 reviews

miniingrid's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

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

jassieex's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Genocide, War, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Murder, Islamophobia, Colonisation, and Violence

pjb314's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gun violence, War, Violence, Colonisation, Genocide, Kidnapping, and Islamophobia

the_readingraven's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I read this book for a Native Visibility Read-A-Thon for this month in November. I didn’t expect to finish this book in one sitting but once I started I couldn’t put it down. 

We get a past and present timeline in this book; triggers being rape, violence, kidnapping, murder. 

I don’t want to go too in detail of the story since it will give a lot away but I will share my feelings while reading this book. As a woman, many of us are unfortunately common with the feelings of having to be on guard or alert majority of the time. We have to be aware of our surroundings, aware of people and their intentions. This book had me in that “heightened” feeling majority of the time. I was very aware of the female characters in the book, holding in my breaths when they did, trying to make myself feel small as they did, being aware of every action they take. This book made me scared. 

Free Palestine 🇵🇸 & love to all the women in this world. ♥️

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Content Warnings

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

ruthhelizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Torture, War, Racism, Body shaming, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gore, Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

reads2cope's review against another edition

5.0

“By the way, I hope I didn’t cause any awkwardness when I mentioned the incident with the soldier, or the checkpoint, or when I reveal that we are living under occupation here. Gunshots and military vehicle sirens, and sometimes the sound of helicopters, warplanes, and shelling, the subsequent wail of ambulances; not only do these noises precede breaking news reports, but now they have to compete with the dog’s barking, too.”

Haunting and clear, the repetition in certain scenes would put me into a meditative trance until the next development shocked me out of it. Incredible and devastating. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Murder, Vomit, Colonisation, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Death, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Violence, and War

withlivjones's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Wow. This was a haunting read that hits particularly hard right now. I thought that the recurring motifs between the two halves of the novella were really clever. I also thought that the banal, almost clinical descriptions of both the horrifying things the Israeli soldiers do to the young girl in the first half and the injustices that the Palestinian woman and her peers have to endure in the second half really clearly revealed the horrors of the occupation. I’m still reeling from the ending - normally I’m not a huge fan of abrupt endings but it really does work well in a novella like this. Read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Rape, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, Xenophobia, War, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death and Panic attacks/disorders

jourdanicus's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

A beautifully written, haunting tale... This novel is a form of art that might be too complex and nuanced for a white Westerner like myself to properly comment on...

What I observed that I can (inadequately) comment on: The title is a multi-entendre. The pacing of the story is almost painfully slow... But that is the point. It is a broad story told on a microscopic level. The circular structure is masterfully done.

I think this book would take multiple reads or just... A long time to fully process and appreciate.

Oh yeah, and #FreePalestine

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, War, and Genocide

sadiefc's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Colonisation, and Genocide