Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

5 reviews

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

Based on the blurb, I thought this book would be "wishes + capitalism." And it is. And it's also "wishes + capitalism + classism + government corruption + colonialism + depression + mental health stigma + religious zealotry + regret + secrets + ... a lot of other incredible things." Shubeik Lubeik has so many layers, I'll be chewing it over for days to come. Plus, the art is wonderful, and there are infographics!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Cancer, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Child death, and Classism

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Gaslighting, Medical content, Sexism, Ableism, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Transphobia, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Drug use, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Body horror

Graphic: Police corruption Moderate: Saneism, Child marriage

annabunce's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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: Confinement, Blood, Chronic illness, Body horror, Child death, Car accident, Grief, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

hmetwade's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical content, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Classism, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Cancer, Child death, and Grief

brogan7's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A wondrous wonderful book.  I read the whole thing without knowing that the title means "Your wish is my command."  It's a book about wishes but it's also a book about gender and class power dynamics, mental health distress, family, ethics, colonisation, and storytelling.  I loved the book and then, I loved it more.  The illustrations are outstanding, the stories compelling, the characters are believable and endearing and tragic and funny.  I love that it's so Egyptian and so cosmopolitan, that people of different generations within a family look like each other, that the same person at different ages looks like themselves...
This is what a book should be: it takes you away, and it takes you within, and at several points, it goes through your heart like an arrow.  That is what life is like, you say to yourself.  She gets it so right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, War, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Colonisation

shea_proulx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship