Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

5 reviews

serendipity421's review

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Child death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and War

Minor: Vomit

bint_idris517's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The way this book had me fully sobbing the whole way through! It rips your heart out only to mend it again only to rip it back out again😭😭😭😭 and the way the halal romance is done in this book...incredible 5 out of 5? Naaa 10 out of 10...Zoulfa Katouh has me feeling too many emotions to count (main ones being sadness and hope)😭😭🩵🩵

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, War, Blood, and Death

halfass_reviewer's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book broke my heart. It mended back, barely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Murder, War, Blood, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, and Forced institutionalization

kimveach's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.25

This fascinating story is about a young woman trying to survive in Syria.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Child death, Police brutality, War, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Grief, Medical trauma, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Gore, and Misogyny

cereads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Medical content, War, Torture, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Death, Child death, Blood, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent