Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

In Every Mirror She's Black by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

20 reviews

vvsmydiamonds's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

I read nearly 400 pages in hopes of a satisfactory ending for each of the hopeful protagonists— I was disappointed. As always, I wanted to love this book but it appears it wasn’t made for me. 
Also, I strongly dislike the untranslated Swedish conversations, specifically those between Jonny’s family. How are you gonna publish a book in English and not make it a point to translate arguments between secondary characters? I had to pull out a pencil, paper, and good ol’ google translate multiple times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Sexual content, Islamophobia, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide attempt, Infertility, Abortion, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

elizabethwb's review

challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Grief, Genocide, Suicide, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Fatphobia, Body horror, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, Sexism, Classism, Rape, Death, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

cirrenamarie's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Islamophobia, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Abortion, Ableism, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Racism, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Murder, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Alcohol, Blood, and Cancer

moniipeters's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Police brutality, Ableism, Abortion, Blood, Drug use, Genocide, Cancer, Deportation, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Mental illness, Sexual content, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

crouchingdoctorhiddenbias's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Islamophobia, and Terminal illness

crankylibrarian's review

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

3 African and African American women struggle to find a place for themselves in the insular homogenous culture of Sweden. Calls into question the idealized Nordic paradise: the “happiest place in the world”  may not be so happy for those of darker hue.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, and Islamophobia

shedasortareads's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racism, Terminal illness, and Suicide

fenemiestolovers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Whew…what a gut-wrenching picture of what it can mean to be a Black woman today. The characters are imperfect and human and just trying to do the best they can with what they know and what they have. I definitely understand it wouldn’t be for everyone and I can’t speak to the accuracy or quality of representation. And yet, I won’t forget this one anytime soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, Xenophobia, Classism, Death, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Deportation, Infertility, Trafficking, Islamophobia, Miscarriage, Rape, Blood, Child death, Violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Ableism, Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, War, and Abortion

bookobsessedmommy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

The sadness and foreboding permeated this book. Even when the ladies were happy, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop. A wholly captivating storytelling style that wouldn't let me look away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Cancer, Islamophobia, and Suicidal thoughts