Reviews with content warning for Misogyny - موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال

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موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال by الطيب صالح

20 reviews

vulturetime's review against another edition

4.5

I think this is a pretty well-crafted book. I didn’t fully understand all the references to European literature but the ones I did get really deepened the understanding I had of the text and the introduction in the edition I read did cover other texts the book was responding to.

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manoushp109's review against another edition

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dark reflective

5.0

read this for the modern western other literature course i took - fucking insane. this writing goes hard the characters are all hate-able there’s so much trauma everywhere and so many trigger warnings but i loved it in a traumatizing way

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amavi's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I don't really know how to rate this book.
I fully agree that it is written beautifully. Unfortunately it didn't leave much of an impact on me. This short novel is packed with important topics.
I'm sort of dumfounded on what to think about it. But since finishing it I find myself thinking about it a lot-maybe that is the impact. Right now it feels like an itch I can't scratch.

In the introduction (which I didn't read), the book: The Heart of Darkness was mentioned- I want to read that as well, then read the introduction, do research and give a final review

I no longer saw or was conscious of anything but this catastrophe, in the shape of a woman, that fate had decreed for me. She was my destiny and in her lay my destruction, yet for me the whole world was not worth a mustard seed in comparison. I was the invader who had come from the South, and this was the icy battlefield from which I would not make a safe return.

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amymurnan's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective medium-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

5.0

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chezie's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

Wasn't expecting the book to go the way it did when I picked it up, writing was beautiful in many places but the overall story wasn't for me. Make sure to check content warnings!

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