Reviews with content warning for Racism - Minor Detail

so I believe the old woman and the girl we see in the end or the same girl in the beginning. Also once we found out that this was a military shooting area, I thought they would use her as target practice. Then when she put her hand in her pocket for gum I was like well she is going to die now. Then she did.

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sophiareads_'s review

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challenging dark emotional

4.0

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lettuce_read's review against another edition

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5.0

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ghulsona's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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caprivoyant's review against another edition

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Stunning.

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vivacissimx's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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bookphenomena_micky's review against another edition

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challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

"Sometimes it's inevitable for the past to be forgotten, especially if the present is no less horrific."

Minor Detail is a book of two interconnected phases where certain devices connect the two stories. A dog, spiders and petrol connect the story of the Palestinian girl and the Palestinian man who chases her story from history.

While the writing is easy, the themes in this book are anything but, nor should they be. The girl captured by the Israeli soldiers, her ensuing horrific experience and the dehumanising way she was treated, seared at my psyche. The man in contemporary times pursuing her story taught me something of a snapshot of what is like to live in constant fear and anxiety all your life as a Palestinian. His noble quest despite his paralysing anxiety was compelling and that end still took me by surprise. On reflection, I wonder why I didn't see it coming.

I hope that the spider-soldier-r@pist succumbed to the venom in his body.

I will be processing the feelings this short book has evoked for a while. I recommend it to all.

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romie_chat's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

some books are brutal in their quietness and simple writing. Minor Detail is not there to cuddle you, it's there to tell you the truth, plain and simple. it delivers so effectively and demands that you stand for the truth.

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