Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Where Black Stars Rise by Nadia Shammas, Marie Enger

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ketallpot's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.5

Very haunting, beautiful story about mental illness, unreality and the outcome of it. Definitely recommend this book.

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robinks's review

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dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

The formatting of text and images was a little hard to follow at times. This story definitely brought up some interesting questions and perspectives though, and I loved the color scheme.
As a fellow therapist, I could not get past Amal breaking Yasmin’s confidentiality with Nia.

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