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Habibi by Craig Thompson

14 reviews

gabbyjc's review

dark emotional reflective sad

• 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Abandonment, and Rape

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicidal thoughts

anneschreurs's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

really good read and the art is beautiful and suits the story very well. it is a book full of heavy topics and it is a good idea to check with yourself if you have the right mindset to read it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Rape, Trafficking, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Kidnapping, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent and Bullying

taylor29harty's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Whew! While I do not agree with banning books and censorship, I can UNDERSTAND why this book was challenged / banned in schools. I, as an adult, was not prepared for the graphic images of (TW) rape, castration, child neglect, and more. I also didn't totally "get it". Was it just about sexual awakening and exploration? Is anyone else grossed out that Dodola was Zam's mother, then sister, then...lover? The ambiguous timeline really threw me off. While I can see that it was purposefully done in this way I do wish that it had been a little more clear WHY it was done this way. Is it a critique on industrialization and technological advancement? Like I said, I just don't get it. I need to do a little bit more research on the meanings I may have missed and why the author (from small town Wisconsin) chose to tell a story of two young former slaves in this Arabic society. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

blueblips's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I love this book and the way it touches upon so many things at the same time, the way it portrays very difficult and wry situations in a very digestible way. I remember the thing that stood out to me most when I read it (already a good couple of years ago) was the inclusion of both biblical stories and stories from the Qur'an and the way they are interweaved into the character's stories. 

That said, the story is very long and complicated, so it really took me a while to get through it. Worth it though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Rape, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Trafficking