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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
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challenging
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this feels like such a vital and vivid look into the lives of palestinians during the first intifada. the narrator gets numbed and overwhelmed by the violence, and as the reader it is so stricking in nature. really shows that the struggle in palestine has been constant, even before the current escalation. made me want to read more of his books. the foreword did good at framing the book.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
I saw a couple other reviews talk about Joe Sacco, and how he comes off in this as selfish and using Palestinian pain to further his career but I love the way that he doesn't shy away from the horrid reality behind the journalism of suffering. How do you capture the plight of others in a way that can capture other people's attention without exploiting and fetishizing suffering? Is representing that suffering enough, or simply a way to feel as if you are doing something? While it's a hard read, seeing the dehumanization of a group of people, aren't we no better than Sacco's persona, gobbling up the misery of the people on the page? His portrayal of himself is darkly humorous, and breaks the tension of reading about so much hardship. Someone else said that they almost began to feel jaded after reading about one horrible thing after another, and I feel that Sacco does his best to prevent that by making himself a foil.
Even without these more wide-ranging themes, absolutely a must read, especially for anyone who wants to learn more about the Palestinian struggle.
Even without these more wide-ranging themes, absolutely a must read, especially for anyone who wants to learn more about the Palestinian struggle.
Shoutout to my library and the rabbit hole I was in the one time I wanted to find the best graphic non fiction which led me right here. I will read his other work. Devastating, absurd, ironic and sometimes even funny.