Reviews tagging 'War'

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

50 reviews

sbgage's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Child death

kg18's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

moonyreadsbystarlight's review

emotional reflective sad tense

5.0

This was an incredible collection. Like all good poetry, it bring you right at the heart of the emotion which makes this collection particularly devistating. The author shows snippets of his story growing up in Gaza under the terror of occupation as well as those of his family and community. The writing itself was beautiful and the style and inspiration varied. For instance, some poems alluded to other authors and their works, while others included photography. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Colonisation, and War

sophiesometimesreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

This was the first collection of poems I've read, so it's hard for me to know how it compares to other poetry, but as Mosab says, a good poem makes people feel things and the feelings conveyed in these poems did really hit me. A harrowing look into the lives of people in Gaza throughout the years in short yet powerful poems. I would recommend this to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, and War

allisonkhenson's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

5.0

really recommend 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Death, Gore, Child death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Blood, and War

mandibibbs37's review

dark fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Child death, War, and Death

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This was my first read for the #Pages4Palestine Readathon, and what an incredibly powerful first read it was. There is something so beautiful and heartbreaking when a poet is able to create such an immense atmosphere of exactly what they want to convey, and Toha did just that. Not even 3 pages into this collection of poetry, and I already understood why it is an award-winning collection of poetry. 

I highly recommend, and it is definitely such an important collection to read. Every poem stuck out to me, but a few that feel very vital to point out are:
🇵🇸 Palestine A-Z
🇵🇸 The Wounds
🇵🇸 My Grandfather Was a Terrorist
🇵🇸 Sobbing Without Sound
🇵🇸 My City After What Happened Some Time Ago
🇵🇸 A Litany for “One Land”
🇵🇸 Displaced 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Violence, Colonisation, Blood, Grief, and Child death

dreamer626's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gun violence, Death, and Child death

bellavictoria's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Genocide, Violence, War, Torture, Racism, and Death

juliabegeman's review

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Violence