Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, عدنية شبلي

35 reviews

vklyle99's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, War, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Islamophobia, Sexual violence, Rape, Child death, Death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Racism, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Violence

meganpbell's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

You may have heard of this book because it was set to receive the 2023 LiBeraturpreis Award at the Frankfurt Book Fair but its ceremony was controversially cancelled in the wake of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel. This subtly written yet searing novella powerfully demonstrates the horrors of the Palestinian experience and the violence colonialism inflicts not only marginalized bodies, but on history, geography, and memory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Blood, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Medical content, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Hate crime

rainbowarpaint's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, War, Murder, and Xenophobia

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Violence, Gore, Hate crime, Colonisation, and Rape

potion96's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, War, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, and Sexual violence

ruthhelizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Racism, Body shaming, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gore, Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

gorgeousgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

powerful. extremely precise, extremely haunting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Torture, Colonisation, Racism, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

bswanntastic's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Hate crime, Violence, and Xenophobia

kristinhunziker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Hate crime, Murder, and Physical abuse

savvylit's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

Minor Detail is a short and intense novel in two parts. Part one features a third person perspective of 'an Israeli commander in August 1949, one year after the Nakba. The cruelty of this portion, the utterly inhumane and horrible attitudes held by the soldiers... It's damning and sickening.

Part two features a first person perspective twenty five years into the future, focused on a Palestinian woman. After connecting closely with a news article, she embarks on a dangerous journey across occupied territory to discover the truth behind a brutal story. The way that Shibli has woven terror into this woman's daily life under occupation is heartbreaking and unsettling. She's adjusted to the sounds of bombings, to being confined to a settlement, to constantly encountering callous and violent Israeli soldiers. And the conclusion of her story? Absolutely brutal.

As a whole, I think that Minor Detail is a very powerful read that offers an enlightening glimpse into the common cruelties of life in occupied Palestine, prior to the current genocide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, War, Gun violence, Genocide, Murder, Rape, Racism, Sexual violence, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail