Reviews with content warning for Rape - Minor Detail

Hard but important to read. While reading both parts have been filled with some sense of dread - either for the inevitable thing to happen (first part), or what could happen to the protagonist of the second part and whether they can return to their home, while still experiencing minor situations (one might say details) that mirror the girl who got killed at the end of the first part.
From a writing perspective - I liked the two completely different narrative voices: the 3rd person view of the IDF soldier (confident, without much emotions/and any remorse @ his actions), and the 1st person view of an Palestinian woman from the west bank having to been grown up and live under those conditions - her constant anxiety and neuroticism (stemming from the trauma of being occupied, oppressed, bombed, and not allowed to move freely)

(Might come back to continue to review this after i have sorted my thoughts - also trying to start and get better at reviewing)

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aliciawithoutkeys's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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ktrain3900's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was an experience, not a novel, more patiently and precisely crafted than pretty much anything I've ever read. The parallels--minor details--between the two sections (wandering in the desert, the howling dogs, spiders, getting lost and finding, the insomnia) are almost too overt, but carry a weight that pulls somewhere just shy of gravity. It is slow, almost plodding, small but powerful, with a feeling of the inevitable that will bewitch you into believing in inevitability...almost.

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lenucciagrecos's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective 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

3.75

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mcoffey1998's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

the ending…

i literally had to go back and read again bc i was like “no this can’t be it?? but that’s what happens when someone dies. their story just.. ends.

this book is graphic and will make you uncomfortable so be warned. but also with things like this you’re not supposed to feel comfortable. free palestine.

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cramer2c's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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