Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

141 reviews

miafromorchardstreet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A tremendous piece of work. A visceral representation of occupation, violence and erasure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Genocide

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Islamophobia, Murder, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Rape, Gun violence, and Colonisation

victoriathuyvi's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Racism, Colonisation, Murder, Islamophobia, Hate crime, Genocide, Xenophobia, Violence, Rape, War, and Gun violence

yoalli's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, and Genocide

charliesshit's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

A deeply moving, heart breaking story surrounded by beautiful descriptions of the landscapes. I have never read something like it before

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Violence

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

molly_kate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Genocide, Rape, Colonisation, and Religious bigotry

skye_era_books's review

I unfortunately could not stomach the first part of this book as the character is discussing his wounds in excruciating detail. I also did not realize that a rape occurs later on in the book, and I cannot handle that either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Genocide, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Colonisation

stardust_heidi's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I — what??? I sat riveted to this audiobook all morning, and then literally said, “what the fuck” when it ended the way it did. I’m having a difficult time rating this, which is usually the case for novella/short story works. But I’ll give this 5-stars because I could not put it down. It’s not a happy book. It’s story of two different people, on different sides of history. One is an Israeli soldier in 1949 and the other is a Palestinian woman born 25 years later. This whole story is just…. Maybe I’ll find some words later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Kidnapping, Colonisation, War, Rape, and Violence

risemini's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Death, Genocide, War, Grief, Murder, and Rape

readingthroughinfinity's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Harrowing and powerful in equal measures. Reading the first chapter/section from the IDF soldier's perspective and seeing how they treated the young woman was appaling, but I can see why the author opened the book that way. We witness first hand the violence and cruelty of the Israeli soldiers and their complete lack of empathy towards Palestinian people. 

The symbolism threaded through both parts of the story was fantastic, and the growing parallels between what happened to the woman in 1949 and what happens to our present day narrator were masterfully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Rape, War, Genocide, and Gun violence