Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

8 reviews

gregory_glover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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? No

3.25

I like this book more than the rating suggests.  However, it still did not grab me like some do, hence the lower rating.  There’s nothing specifically wrong—and much that is great—about the book.  If I were much younger, I think the book might have had a deeper emotional impact.  I loved the descriptions and the weaving in of history.  I am not big on fantasy, especially the “touch of fantasy“ in an otherwise straightforward novel.  The neurodivergence was somewhat interesting, but again did not move me to love the book.  Very solid.  Very good.  Worth reading for the cultural diversity.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Fire/Fire injury

talonsontypewriters's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Blood, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer and Vomit

Bombing and aftermath. Single, relatively brief scene of attempted rape.

audc's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative reflective sad slow-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? No

4.0

I don’t know if I liked the book, but it is 4star writing. It sparked an interest in maps that comes entirely from this book. 
You can tell the author spent a lot of time researching. 

I cared little for the characters and  the story started to drag towards the end. 

I dislike how Abu Sayeed died or that he died at all; like he had no place in this story.

This story led to a lot of reflections and new experiences. I also learned quite a bit - I was glad to also learn of the mundane. 
The female characters in this book are so strong. It’s so amazing.
There are a great many quotes and situations and questions. I think the best books make something in you shift just a bit and this has me asking lots of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Animal death

lostinthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a slightly uneven book for me. I could have done without the historical plot which I found hard to follow and wasn't invested in. The contemporary plot was much better and had some chilling moments. Nour was a wonderful protagonist and I was really willing for her to make it through all of the horrible experiences piled on her. This book did give me a deeper understanding of the plight of refugees not just from Syria but across the world.

The last thing I will say is that for a book where maps are a major theme, where were the maps? I had to keep looking up the characters' locations and this would have been much easier had a map been provided!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, War, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

baearles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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 assault, Violence, War, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Trafficking, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, Gore, and Vomit

cassimiranda's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, War, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, Death, Grief, Rape, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

jmcampbell57's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense

• 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

4.0

The situations that the protagonist and her family went through were mind-bendingly sad, and it's overwhelming, to say the least, to think of the staggering number of refugees who experience these terrors on a daily basis. The author's prose was gorgeous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Medical content, War, Animal death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Cancer

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