Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

3 reviews

akajam's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

If I could give a higher rating I would. Not only is the writing beautiful, but the story is beyond touching. I saw myself in it but I also saw more. It was poetry, it was pain. It was truth telling and that is so vital right now. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

annabulkowski's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

Truly one of the best books I’ve ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

mynameisprerna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

5: best of the best, haunting, staying with me
I loved this book, but wanted more of the mother’s past storyline. I loved every connection and reflection and it felt a little unbalanced without more of her story. Interestingly, I had just seen a statistic about home more people in Pakistan speak Punjabi rather than Urdu, which I didn’t know, so it was really cool to have that be true in this book just a few days later. I liked how this book handled explanatory commas - phrases in Punjabi or Urdu are simply translated or there is a remark about how there is no equivalent, but it’s done in a stream of consciousness or conversational way that doesn’t feel heavy handed. People not familiar with the languages won’t be lost, but people who are familiar won’t feel like the flow is interrupted. It’s a hard line to walk and I liked how this author managed it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, and Racism