Reviews tagging 'War'

Eine Nebensache by Adania Shibli

285 reviews

mashedpotato's review against another edition

challenging sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape

tufriel's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and War

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

sadbean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and War

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, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Colonisation, and War

jordan21's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A beautifully written narrative depicting the minute details of Palestinian oppression that are vastly overlooked by the media and the public. The author describes the daily routines of living in occupation and her quest of researching an Arab murderer that has been intentionally erased from history. This was a quick but powerful read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Islamophobia, Murder, and War

onmalsshelf's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Islamophobia, and War

sabreen21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and War

Minor: Racism and Islamophobia

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.

aymboi's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Hard to read because of the subject matter but so important. Eventhough the novel is only a little over 100 pages, it shows really well what life under occupation is like for Palestinians.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, and War