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jobaji's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Dementia, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Rape
mashooexplores's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Chronic illness, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Dementia, Grief, and War
mads1706's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and War
Minor: Alcoholism and Death of parent
mscalls's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail
nicoleisalwaysreading's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, and Torture
bookedbymadeline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Body shaming, Genocide, and Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity, Racism, and Pregnancy
perfectplaces's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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hala alyan gets it. like i simply cannot stress enough how much she gets it.
this reminds me of khaled hosseini’s and the mountains echoed which is a book i love for its form if not for its content. except salt houses has much more heart and nuance to its portrayal of war and conflict and cyclical trauma and identity and exile than any of hosseini’s books. like mountains, a lot of the reviews for this book complain about its style of incorporating short vignettes from different povs that make up a multi generational story. but like. i like that. i think it’s fun and good and i just love the yacoub family so much (atefTT_TT) and i started to see myself and the people i know in all of them. so i don’t rly agree with any of the reviews saying we didn’t have time to get to know the characters like yes. we did. the girls that get it get it.
anyway this is a new favorite and i think i will recommend forever.
Graphic: Torture, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and War
Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit
emerynmader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent