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confuusedcreaturex4's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
3.0
I still feel like I don't what to feel about this fever dream of a book
I liked the writing,he's certainly a good writer,I loved the descriptions and the places and so many things about the writing but I just couldn't look over the sexism and misogyny there even tho I know that it's understandable considering the time and place but I still didn't like how many times it wasn't addressed as an issue and sometimes even the characters that re aware of the wrongness of some things sometimes it feels like they act as if they don't think its that much of abig deal, the explicit sexual scenes were just toooo much,the way Mustafa and some of the elderlies talks about women was just so disgusting and racist at so many times,I read a lot of reviews to see what other people thought about this cause know it has to signify something bigger about colonization and all but I stillfeel like that wasn't the best way to talk about it ,in just 200 pages there was a lot of stuff and I was often left confused and perplexed,I'm sure with time ill probably change my mind about so many things and think about some others but for now that's all of it and unf again still cant really wrap my head around it for some reason
I liked the writing,he's certainly a good writer,I loved the descriptions and the places and so many things about the writing but I just couldn't look over the sexism and misogyny there even tho I know that it's understandable considering the time and place but I still didn't like how many times it wasn't addressed as an issue and sometimes even the characters that re aware of the wrongness of some things sometimes it feels like they act as if they don't think its that much of abig deal, the explicit sexual scenes were just toooo much,the way Mustafa and some of the elderlies talks about women was just so disgusting and racist at so many times,I read a lot of reviews to see what other people thought about this cause know it has to signify something bigger about colonization and all but I stillfeel like that wasn't the best way to talk about it ,in just 200 pages there was a lot of stuff and I was often left confused and perplexed,I'm sure with time ill probably change my mind about so many things and think about some others but for now that's all of it and unf again still cant really wrap my head around it for some reason
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Death, Cursing, Colonisation, Blood, Alcohol, Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Self harm, Racism, and Classism
oliversghost's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
so much and also nothing happened in this book. really good but i kept falling asleep reading it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Death, Blood, and Violence
dawntin's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Racism, Misogyny, Rape, and Colonisation
Minor: Suicide and Violence
gabriellesimpson's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism and Racism
Minor: Violence and Sexual harassment
maithaalfalasi's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual violence
amavi's review against another edition
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 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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Violence, Misogyny, Suicide, and Sexism
Moderate: Colonisation
amymurnan's review against another edition
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Misogyny
bodiesinbooks's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicide
Minor: Alcohol
2treads's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
"You know how life is run here,...Women belong to men, and a man's a man even if he is decrepit." -Mahjoub
Our narrator returns home to find at the centre of his village, a stranger, to whom his community seem to have the utmost deference for, so much so that he himself attempts to uncover the source of this man's magnetism.
After learning of the disturbing history that Mustafa holds, our narrator begins to delve into whatever he can find out about this man.
I appreciated how the atmosphere and interaction of the villagers, especially the elders, as it as so natural and uninhibited as well as vivid with imagery and connection to the land.
It is in the hunt for knowledge of others that one comes to understand oneself and the changes that are imminent and unavoidable.
With Season of Migration to the North Salih explores the intersections of faith, empire, emigration, return and metamorphosis. For surely there is change to be found in the juxtaposed experiences at home and in a foreign land.
Especially with the portrayal of women within the narrative: the 'freedom' and fragility of women in England with respect to their bodies and choices of furthering their education, what I saw as the fetishization of a Black man versus the status. of the muslim woman: whose life is dictated by the men in her family.
The views that are held and used to demean and persecute differences; the blooming of desires, both dark and light; the mission of redemption for past horrific impassioned deeds; the solace found in community and family.
Salih has written what I feel is a novel that is very much masculine and steeped in patriarchal worldview and culture especially when it comes to gender roles as per religion, the inveterate perceptions of colonialism and racism.
It also highlights the dualities within every community: the culture clash of old vs new, the adaptation of Western farming technology vs the use of old cultivation methods, the educational evolution vs the lived and learned ideology, and the changing views towards the roles played by women.
Our narrator returns home to find at the centre of his village, a stranger, to whom his community seem to have the utmost deference for, so much so that he himself attempts to uncover the source of this man's magnetism.
After learning of the disturbing history that Mustafa holds, our narrator begins to delve into whatever he can find out about this man.
I appreciated how the atmosphere and interaction of the villagers, especially the elders, as it as so natural and uninhibited as well as vivid with imagery and connection to the land.
It is in the hunt for knowledge of others that one comes to understand oneself and the changes that are imminent and unavoidable.
With Season of Migration to the North Salih explores the intersections of faith, empire, emigration, return and metamorphosis. For surely there is change to be found in the juxtaposed experiences at home and in a foreign land.
Especially with the portrayal of women within the narrative: the 'freedom' and fragility of women in England with respect to their bodies and choices of furthering their education, what I saw as the fetishization of a Black man versus the status. of the muslim woman: whose life is dictated by the men in her family.
The views that are held and used to demean and persecute differences; the blooming of desires, both dark and light; the mission of redemption for past horrific impassioned deeds; the solace found in community and family.
Salih has written what I feel is a novel that is very much masculine and steeped in patriarchal worldview and culture especially when it comes to gender roles as per religion, the inveterate perceptions of colonialism and racism.
It also highlights the dualities within every community: the culture clash of old vs new, the adaptation of Western farming technology vs the use of old cultivation methods, the educational evolution vs the lived and learned ideology, and the changing views towards the roles played by women.
Content Warnings
Minor: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence
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