Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

36 reviews

sophiesometimesreads's review

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

This was the first collection of poems I've read, so it's hard for me to know how it compares to other poetry, but as Mosab says, a good poem makes people feel things and the feelings conveyed in these poems did really hit me. A harrowing look into the lives of people in Gaza throughout the years in short yet powerful poems. I would recommend this to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, and War

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This was my first read for the #Pages4Palestine Readathon, and what an incredibly powerful first read it was. There is something so beautiful and heartbreaking when a poet is able to create such an immense atmosphere of exactly what they want to convey, and Toha did just that. Not even 3 pages into this collection of poetry, and I already understood why it is an award-winning collection of poetry. 

I highly recommend, and it is definitely such an important collection to read. Every poem stuck out to me, but a few that feel very vital to point out are:
🇵🇸 Palestine A-Z
🇵🇸 The Wounds
🇵🇸 My Grandfather Was a Terrorist
🇵🇸 Sobbing Without Sound
🇵🇸 My City After What Happened Some Time Ago
🇵🇸 A Litany for “One Land”
🇵🇸 Displaced 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Violence, Colonisation, Blood, Grief, and Child death

bellavictoria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Genocide, Violence, War, Torture, Racism, and Death

juliabegeman's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Violence

lifeinsherds's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely essential reading. Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha has such emotionally devastating poetry while having such a love and adoration for his country and his people. It is not a poetry collection that can be read easily all of the time. It is emotional and covers the poet's personal experience in war and the people he's seen murdered. Abu Toha is not the first Palestinian poet I've read, and yet this has become one of my favorite poetry books. I would also recommend reading (if you haven't yet) anything by Mahmoud Darwish or "Birthright" by George Abraham.

The interview at the end is also not to be skipped. He has some amazing insights to his views of poetry and what the poetic form means to language and memory.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, War, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Grief, Genocide, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Colonisation

sarabrogan's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, War, Blood, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Grief and Pandemic/Epidemic

lurieta's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Genocide, and War

dhiyanah's review against another edition

challenging sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide

Moderate: Violence, Hate crime, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

annelihghh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Medical content, Violence, Classism, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Racism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

ofbooksandechos's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Grief, and Genocide

Moderate: Death, Child death, Racism, War, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence and Medical content

Ethnic cleansing, white supremacy, crimes against humanity, intergenerational trauma