Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Habibi by Craig Thompson

19 reviews

lgtl's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Trafficking

smokeylives's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Racism, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Rape, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Grief, and Slavery

badger_badger's review

challenging dark emotional fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

Read as a teenager but picked up again as I think some of its depth went over my head before. Beautiful and thoughtful book, interweaving stories from the Quran with the life stories of Dodola and Zam. It’s not something I’m familiar with from my background so I don’t know if it does it justice. The art is astounding and the.narrative has an engaging mix of pace jumping between reflections and then fantasy or adventure like qualities. 

The story is based a lot on Dodolas sexual objectification and how painful this is for her, as well has how Zam then battles with his own masculinity and sexuality (and the exploration of sexuality, purity, love etc is very well done). From this, one qualm with the book is that the way Dodola is drawn throughout feels gratuitous at times, even at some horrific moments or when she’s a child it feels as if she’s still been drawn to cater to the readers aesthetic pleasure. It might have been to represent how those in the book viewed her but I found it uncomfortable at times to say the least. At time I also felt that it might be a bit orientalist and that some of the exploration of race/racism falls a bit flat. 

The exploration of environmental destruction though and how this weaves through and ties together the different aspects of the book to be it the religious stories, different forms of exploitation, the characters stories/inner world/ etc is pretty interesting and makes the book feel like a modern day fable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Abortion, Racism, Pedophilia, Slavery, Addiction, Abandonment, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

imartine's review

challenging medium-paced

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

The fact that the author is a white man and the two main characters are people of color makes me feel like there is some type of misrepresentation going on. The illustration and image composition is beautiful, but there is a heavy amount of sexual content that feels more like it’s forced on the characters than a part of their lives. The author is a white man, who I believe did his research, but no amount of research can make his lived experience equivalent and justify his use of these characters. My personal belief is that white folks should not use the n-word in any way ever, and this author did write it out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Body horror, Addiction, Physical abuse, War, Fatphobia, Gore, Chronic illness, Sexism, Alcohol, Animal death, Trafficking, Child death, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Cultural appropriation, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, and Vomit

sigerj's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

whatisjordyreading's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Excrement, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Classism, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Pedophilia, Racism, Trafficking, and Transphobia

Moderate: Confinement and Fatphobia

nicmcphee's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Self harm

huichola's review

reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Rape

fools_egg's review

Agree with most reviews: I read when I was young and just discovered Craig Thompson.
Definitely a white dude just exploiting racist stereotypes and tropes to create a traumatizing read. 
Write what you know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Pedophilia, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Cultural appropriation

itzsupergirl's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual violence, Racism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Fatphobia