Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall

2 reviews

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Cried on and off, pls take the trigger warnings seriously it’s a nonfiction book about a his full go kindergartners catching fire and ten of them dying. 

Well written and well excited to branch out from the tragedy to talk about now the apartheid contributed to the mass death event 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Medical content, Murder, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Racism, Mental illness, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape

meldasilas's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A heartbreaking picture of living as a Palestinian in the West Bank, this book takes you on a winding journey through a man's life full of sadness, regret, and ambiguity told through the narrative of bus crash that involves a kindergarten class.

As a mom of a kindergartener, this is the most heartbreaking book I read all year, particularly because it goes through the frustratingly difficult history between Palestine and Israel and demonstrates how every small daily element of life a free person takes for granted is not offered in the West Bank.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Cancer, Hate crime, Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Drug use, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Medical content, Police brutality, Violence, and War