Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

157 reviews

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

molly_kate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

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: Death and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, and War

chi__'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, and Deportation

lafocalettrice's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Genocide, Violence, and War

katreena's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hearth_hobbit's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This story gave a good description on living as a Palestinian in occupied Palestine. The simple act of taking interest in local history and wanting to learn more is almost comically inaccessible, let alone trying to do anything else. The symbolism of the story would be really interesting to dissect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Colonisation