Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

33 reviews

nick_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

kurumipanda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Sexism, and Misogyny

melissaarnaud's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

kitten's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Blood, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer and Vomit

Bombing and aftermath. Single, relatively brief scene of attempted rape.

audc's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative reflective sad slow-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? No

4.0

I don’t know if I liked the book, but it is 4star writing. It sparked an interest in maps that comes entirely from this book. 
You can tell the author spent a lot of time researching. 

I cared little for the characters and  the story started to drag towards the end. 

I dislike how Abu Sayeed died or that he died at all; like he had no place in this story.

This story led to a lot of reflections and new experiences. I also learned quite a bit - I was glad to also learn of the mundane. 
The female characters in this book are so strong. It’s so amazing.
There are a great many quotes and situations and questions. I think the best books make something in you shift just a bit and this has me asking lots of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Animal death

laurenleigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-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

4.0

This is a refugee story of a young girl and her family forced out of Syria in 2011 from the violent civil wars. There’s also a dual timeline that’s half medieval historical fiction/fairy tale fabel, but I found that storyline something I had to get through to read the main text. Not surprising given the subject matter, but it was a pretty depressing story. Every step of the way was another terrible event or injustice or roadblock. Joukhadar’s language is so lush and poetic, and even when the plot made me sad, their writing was a wonder to marvel at.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Rape, Death, and Violence

bessjoyce's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

chelsl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Death, War, Child death, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

lostinthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a slightly uneven book for me. I could have done without the historical plot which I found hard to follow and wasn't invested in. The contemporary plot was much better and had some chilling moments. Nour was a wonderful protagonist and I was really willing for her to make it through all of the horrible experiences piled on her. This book did give me a deeper understanding of the plight of refugees not just from Syria but across the world.

The last thing I will say is that for a book where maps are a major theme, where were the maps? I had to keep looking up the characters' locations and this would have been much easier had a map been provided!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, War, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent