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The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah

36 reviews

eriley's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful prose and story -- was a bit slow at first but once I got into it I finished it pretty quick. It was definitely sad but somehow it wasn't overwhelming. It felt very hopeful at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Alcoholism

sarahwren's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, and Racism

Moderate: Car accident

drivera55's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Child abuse

emmawiechs's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, and Hate crime

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, and Sexual content

hazelgirl21's review

emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Racism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

Minor: Vomit

bethsbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A book that feels so new yet so familiar. I'll not forget it. Packed with heartache and brimming with hope, this novel tells the story of the powerful and resilient Afaf as she navigates a school shooting where she teaches while flashbacks of her past interrupt her thoughts. Her life has been punctuated by grief, self-discovery, loss, finding faith, being the victim of racism, and falling in love - yet it's all led to this moment. Will she survive the school shooting? Will her daughter, a student at the school, survive? How will her past help her in what could be, might be, her final moments? 

The writing in this novel is crisp, polished, yet lyrical. Each line flows from one to the next, each idea fluid as it weaves throughout her life, her mother's life, her father's, her sister's, and the school shooters. The author fills in every gap and every question you may have while still respecting the privacy of the characters when necessary. Ending on a poignant note, I don't think I have a bad word to say about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Death, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Violence

theravenflight's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Mental illness and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, and Infidelity

tiakiwi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

How to even describe this book. It goes back and forth from the past to the present showing the MC's life both the struggles and the joys. I finished this book in a few hours because you just wanted to know more. Very well written and definitely a must read for any one living on America.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Murder, and Religious bigotry

wchereads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

3.75

I am just a pool of tears

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Gun violence, Islamophobia, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Miscarriage

borrowedbyaudrey's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, Islamophobia, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Blood and Suicide attempt