Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood

30 reviews

macklyle's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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

3.5

This was a different read from my usual, but  I am glad I picked up. Being that it is Ramadan, I wanted to read something related. I learned a lot about not only what it means to be muslim, but to be muslim americans.
 In many ways i felt like I was reading my boyfriend’s life on paper… it was comical at times the stories Anvar shared I swear i’ve heard before! 

cons- it was a really slow story line and often felt like it wasn’t headed in any direction. i struggled to read it at my normal reading pace because I felt really sad most of the time reading Safwas POV. - my heart hurt the whole time and it made me have to take breaks. 
pros- felt like an authentic depiction of what life and religion and family often looks like for immigrants and muslim families. I was educated and informed in a way that was easy to understand and empathize with by how the author writes. 
lots of little life lessons through out that i loved 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Animal death, Blood, and Death of parent

nicole_lb's review

challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.75

This was a great audiobook! The voice actors were amazing for the story!
A recommendation: Don't listen at 1.5x speed at the end of the book - There's a lot of intense things that happen that the increased speed makes EXTRA intense, ha!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Animal death, Physical abuse, Islamophobia, and Death of parent

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense 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: Blood, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Islamophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: War, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Grief, Misogyny, Torture, Sexism, Cursing, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Animal death

fmostafiz's review

emotional reflective medium-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

3.75

I enjoyed reading this. It was an interesting piece on religion & very reflective.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Islamophobia, War, Violence, Physical abuse, and Rape

osoordinary's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

It amazes me that I could relate to each four of the characters in this book for different reasons. That's what good writing can do. Also, I don't when I became such a fan of irreverent humor, but I'm here for it.  WOW! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

emileesmith's review

dark emotional funny tense fast-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: Gun violence and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape

drbex's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-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

Moderate: Physical abuse

baileyk123's review

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, War, Torture, Death, Deportation, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, and Islamophobia

lindsloveslit's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

The beginning part of this book gave me such high hopes. So much so, I thought it was going to end up being my favorite fiction of the month. In it, two immigrants, one Iraqi and one Pakistani, have a coming of age story full of moral dilemma. IMO, none of the characters were likable. There were a lot of quotable snippets, but, ultimately, I was left wanting more character development and storyline and less romance. 

The quote that sticks out most to me, happens to tie in nicely to The 1619 Project, which I just finished :
"We live on stolen land. In a country built on slavery and reliant on the continued economic exploitation of other people. The oppressor always lives in fear of the oppressed. Americans have always been afraid - of those native to this continent, of Black people, of Japanese citizens they interned, and now of Muslims and immigrants."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child death

peachani's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Islamophobia, Terminal illness, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Alcohol, Torture, and Medical content