Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

24 reviews

eachz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Wonderfully tender and real novel. I found Hadia and her character development painfully relatable in a way I didn't anticipate going in. Some pieces of the plot felt rushed but that was the only thing I wanted more from, and I think those pieces only stuck out to me because the rest of the story unfolded do slowly and delicately & with such immersive detail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Racism, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

Minor: Miscarriage and Car accident

karlymarcy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

Moderate: Mental illness, Islamophobia, Drug use, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Violence

rayreyes's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-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

This book crept out of the woodwork and captured my heart. It was beautiful to witness the love and wounds within a family and the humanity of regret. This book felt like a gift to the parts of myself navigating the story of my family and the ways love can be present even when seemingly absent. I’m not religious, but the ending was so beautiful that it gave me something to hold dear when I think on the afterlife. Truly a beautiful story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Islamophobia, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, and Abandonment

sangsmiles's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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: Alcoholism and Islamophobia

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, and Miscarriage

augie_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Islamophobia, Grief, Death, Drug abuse, and Hate crime

Moderate: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

acorny's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

Beautiful, heartbreaking, and felt so real. This one hit a nerve for sure, I cried for all the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Addiction, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Child death

Minor: Death of parent and Grief

cass_cgallegos's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Islamophobia, and Alcohol

melinadalet's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

rishel's review against another edition

slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Xenophobia, and Racism

lattefairies's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Bullying, and Addiction