Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah

4 reviews

stindex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Grief, Violence, Sexism, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Murder, Child death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Cancer, Chronic illness, Infertility, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

thejuliette's review

adventurous medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, War, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Slavery, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Xenophobia

luananki's review

emotional informative reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

i‘m very torn on how to rate afterlives. the story was great, very interesting and i’m glad i picked it up as i learned a lot about german colonialism in east africa.

i just had a hard time getting into it due to the first half feeling a bit detached, emotionless and not very clear on where its going.

either way, it’s an impactful book with impactful characters and truly deserving of its nobel prize.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Violence, War, Colonisation, Death, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, and Grief