Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, عدنية شبلي

14 reviews

lilaceous's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

characters - ⭐️

plot - ⭐️

engaging to read - ⭐️

would recommend - .5⭐️

would read again - ⭐️

tough read. i had to put it down at one point because it was so visceral and upsetting. i’m still thinking about the main protagonist days later. if you’re looking for palestinian stories of israeli occupation, this is definitely an impactful one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child abuse, Rape, Death, Sexual violence, Gore, Gun violence, Body horror, Colonisation, and Sexual assault

rebeccadiv's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

There's no way I can rate this. Read content warnings before pick this up.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body horror, Gore, Rape, Animal cruelty, Violence, Colonisation, Genocide, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

tenderbench's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Rape, Sexual assault, Genocide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Colonisation, Gore, Death, and War

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Bullying, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, Murder, Gore, Violence, War, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Genocide, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, and War

Moderate: Body horror and Rape

Minor: Genocide

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Body horror, Rape, Islamophobia, Genocide, Police brutality, Confinement, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

sadiefc's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Colonisation, and Genocide

amaya_jam's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense fast-paced

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

3.75

the ending is what bumped this from a 4 star down to 3.75. I had a sneaking suspicious that this story was gonna end like this before I even started it. One thing that shocked me was how much I sympathized with the Israeli soldier struggling with the effects of his wound. I find myself trying to make excuses for his horrid acts. that must be a sign of strong writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, and Rape

Moderate: War

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Police brutality, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Genocide, Death, and Body horror

bookishbrenbren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

During the Nakba, colonizing? israeli? soldiers murder a family of Bedoins without cause and repeatedly rape the kidnapped daughter. Roughly 50 years later, a Palestinian woman becomes obsessed with the report of this crime. 

I did think this book was well-written and compelling but to be honest, the second half of the book was so boring that it ruined the book for me. And the first half was so grotesque, both with violence and body horror, that I was looking for the second half to save it, so was let down doubly. While the book had moments that were compelling, especially the character development of the MC, and the portrait of modern life under israeli occupation, the vast majority of it was just a list of uneventful actions, e.g., "she got in the car, she walked into the museum, she looked at this thing, she looked at that thing," ad nauseam. Whatever the point of that particularly literary tool was, it was lost on me and I can say confidently, it was over-used. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Animal death, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Islamophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Sexism