Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

16 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The situations that the protagonist and her family went through were mind-bendingly sad, and it's overwhelming, to say the least, to think of the staggering number of refugees who experience these terrors on a daily basis. The author's prose was gorgeous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Medical content, War, Animal death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Cancer

Displacement

angipratt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief

Some moderate descriptions of abuse as a refugee

annescorner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Emotional. Challenging. Adventurous.
The combination, intertwining and intertextuality of Rawiya's and Nour's stories - their journeys - was breath-taking and intense. Reading this book in 2021 knowing what has happened at the time the book is set, was heart-wrenching and eye-opening at the same time. The aspect I liked the most is the way Nour's synaesthesia made the story what it is - giving it its own unique colour.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Rape

literarylaila's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

wayland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Genocide, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

archcon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Blood