Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin's Hijab by Priya Huq

8 reviews

rainbowrocky's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Islamophobia, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Bullying

Minor: Colonisation, Rape, Genocide, Violence, War, and Death

emily_mh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.25

This graphic novel felt short, but it really packed a punch. It is widely about the relationship Muslim women have to the hijab: what the hijab represents, why Muslim women might choose to wear the hijab or not, and also how outside forces can impact on how they experience this practice. I also loved the focus on relationships, especially on Nisrin and Firuzeh's relationship and the nuance that was given there. The art style was absolutely unique: colour and art were both used in a way I haven't really seen in graphic novels before. It was so emotive and expressive, and metaphoric as well. I think the best way to describe it is that it placed the importance on telling the story through art, not words. Finally the extra material of Nisrin's project on Bangladesh was a wonderful addition. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Hate crime, Racism, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, War, Colonisation, and Genocide

Minor: Racial slurs, Medical content, Misogyny, Child death, Rape, and Ableism

Moderate: PTSD (or similar) experiences, depiction of a neo-Nazi, mass death Minor: loss of a loved one

sallytiffany's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed the beautiful illustrations! It’s absolutely stunning. The story is really well written and the characters engaging. The pictures were hard to follow sometimes though, and I often got confused on who was who. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Islamophobia

Minor: Colonisation and Injury/Injury detail

therainbowshelf's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

A beautifully illustrated story. Nisrin works to overcome trauma, seeks to find connections to her family's culture, faces racism, builds friendship, & showcases her excellent anime taste. I loved this, & the references were a treat. There's also an illustrated recipe at the end, & I love those! Warnings for racism, hate crime, references to rape, panic attacks, & remembering living in war/political upheaval.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Racism, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: War

Minor: Rape

kayladaila's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Violence

Minor: Death, Genocide, Murder, Rape, Blood, and Colonisation

sometimes_samantha_reads's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

I learned so much from this book. I sincerely appreciated the history and culture index at the end. The art was lovely but also harsh. This book was challenging to read because of the violent events depicted but I felt proud for Nisrin when she took a stance for herself and for her culture. There are too many feelings in my head and chest right now since I just finished the book. I can't articulate them all but this was a swift reminder to love and protect the diversity of people in this world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Colonisation, Bullying, Blood, Racism, Violence, War, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Islamophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

b_robinson's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

I really did like the art style of this graphic novel; full of colour and nice patterns and cute squishy characters.

Going into it, I had a very basic understanding, and I'm glad that throughout my reading of it I've learnt a few things as well as felt the desire to research more into some of the things brought up.

It's a heavy topic that could feel quite distressing at times, so my content warnings include; discussion of rape and genocide, on-page physical attack/assault, Islamophobia, racism, depictions of PTSD, bullying/harassment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Colonisation, Death, Rape, Genocide, and War

benediction's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, War, and Genocide