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mexp's review against another edition
4.5
Tough read at some points, it gave me exactly what I was looking for: an idea of how is life for Palestinians living in the West Bank today, focusing on the day to day aspects, and tracing back real stories from the past to the present. I really recommend it to anyone trying to get insights into the history of Palestine after the occupation and specially curious about daily life in the West Bank. Would also recommend the documentary "checkpoint” by Yoav Shamir.
kathy_bee's review against another edition
5.0
Layer upon layer of tragedy rooted in systemic and longstanding injustice and oppression leads to this heart shattering day in Abed Salama’s life. This system must be dismantled. Free, Free Palestine. 🇵🇸
rheagoveas's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Body horror, Genocide, Child death, and Medical trauma
fernicanus's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.5
meant2breading's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Wow. Absolutely infuriating to learn that the Israeli emergency services (who were only minutes away) allowed a bus full of Palestinian kindergarteners to burn for an hour at an accident scene without intervening. 😭😭 Thank you to the intrepid bystanders and staff who went back and risked themselves to try and save those poor little babies. 💔 It was also very heavy to read through the perspective of the children’s parents, frantically trying to find or get to the right hospitals their children were taken to and how the IOF only permitted this based on what kind of ID they had at military checkpoints. Based on how Palestinians have been treated by settler colonial Israel historically (especially a long before the 2012 accident) and currently, I’m deeply angered but not surprised by the joy some Israelis took in the death of these children and Palestinian people. I can see why this book won a Pulitzer recently. While the primary focus of the story was on the collision and impacted families, I really felt Thrall’s dedication to provide the education and research on the broader consequences of apartheid and military occupation. Free Palestine now! 🇵🇸
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Child death