Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

6 reviews

nikkiisreading's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

First of all, I do not think this is a funny or lighthearted book. It's about grief and pain and all the unpretty things that life is made up of. Secondly, it's a very pretty book. The style is quite bizarre and unlike other books.

I remember reading this as an early teenager and not fully understanding everything. To he honest, there are still things that make little sense to me, yet the overarching themes and feelings hit very different now than during my first read-through. I do thoroughly enjoy the book and am happy to have reread it. 

[Small spoiler below]
One of the things that I find most impressive is the characterization of Oskar. He is obviously autistic, but because it's written from his perspective it is never explicitly mentioned and that's is truly beautifully done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Self harm, War, Xenophobia, Death, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Sexism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Cancer, and Incest

mdavis26's review

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Car accident, Sexual content, Violence, Bullying, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Self harm, and Vomit

hadeshotline's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Self harm, Child death, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Islamophobia, War, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Homophobia

hannah_gingersnap's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Islamophobia, War, and Grief

aidrielle's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

there were parts i really hated and parts i really loved, so 3 stars is the only rating that makes sense, even though this book doesn't feel like a 3-star book if that makes sense :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Ableism, Racism, Islamophobia, and Rape

skudiklier's review

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Grief, Self harm, Violence, Animal death, and Bullying

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Rape, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Cursing

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Islamophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia