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frank_desanna's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Graphic: Colonisation, Grief, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Hate crime, Murder, Toxic friendship, Rape, Cursing, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
leselina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Rape
giovannigf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Murder
confuusedcreaturex4's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
I liked the writing,he's certainly a good writer,I loved the descriptions and the places and so many things about the writing but I just couldn't look over the sexism and misogyny there even tho I know that it's understandable considering the time and place but I still didn't like how many times it wasn't addressed as an issue and sometimes even the characters that re aware of the wrongness of some things sometimes it feels like they act as if they don't think its that much of abig deal, the explicit sexual scenes were just toooo much,the way Mustafa and some of the elderlies talks about women was just so disgusting and racist at so many times,I read a lot of reviews to see what other people thought about this cause know it has to signify something bigger about colonization and all but I stillfeel like that wasn't the best way to talk about it ,in just 200 pages there was a lot of stuff and I was often left confused and perplexed,I'm sure with time ill probably change my mind about so many things and think about some others but for now that's all of it and unf again still cant really wrap my head around it for some reason
Graphic: Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Death, Cursing, Colonisation, Blood, Alcohol, Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Self harm, Racism, and Classism
manoushp109's review
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Murder, Racism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Death of parent
chezie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Racism, and Toxic relationship
bodiesinbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicide
Minor: Alcohol
linguini18's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Toxic relationship
2treads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Our narrator returns home to find at the centre of his village, a stranger, to whom his community seem to have the utmost deference for, so much so that he himself attempts to uncover the source of this man's magnetism.
After learning of the disturbing history that Mustafa holds, our narrator begins to delve into whatever he can find out about this man.
I appreciated how the atmosphere and interaction of the villagers, especially the elders, as it as so natural and uninhibited as well as vivid with imagery and connection to the land.
It is in the hunt for knowledge of others that one comes to understand oneself and the changes that are imminent and unavoidable.
With Season of Migration to the North Salih explores the intersections of faith, empire, emigration, return and metamorphosis. For surely there is change to be found in the juxtaposed experiences at home and in a foreign land.
Especially with the portrayal of women within the narrative: the 'freedom' and fragility of women in England with respect to their bodies and choices of furthering their education, what I saw as the fetishization of a Black man versus the status. of the muslim woman: whose life is dictated by the men in her family.
The views that are held and used to demean and persecute differences; the blooming of desires, both dark and light; the mission of redemption for past horrific impassioned deeds; the solace found in community and family.
Salih has written what I feel is a novel that is very much masculine and steeped in patriarchal worldview and culture especially when it comes to gender roles as per religion, the inveterate perceptions of colonialism and racism.
It also highlights the dualities within every community: the culture clash of old vs new, the adaptation of Western farming technology vs the use of old cultivation methods, the educational evolution vs the lived and learned ideology, and the changing views towards the roles played by women.
Minor: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence