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jennitarheelreader 's review for:
Against the Loveless World
by Susan Abulhawa
What took me so long to read this book?
I’m so grateful I finally read it, and with my BFF, Biblio Beth.
About the book: “A sweeping and lyrical novel that follows a young Palestinian refugee as she slowly becomes radicalized while searching for a better life for her family throughout the Middle East, for readers of international literary bestsellers including Washington Black, My Sister, The Serial Killer, and Her Body and Other Parties.”
Told in the present, with Nahr imprisoned in a state of the art jail cell, and in the past, following her early life in Kuwait, her time spent as a refugee in Jordan, and then when she visits Palestine, Against the Loveless World is a sweeping and powerful story. It goes to raw and dark places for Nahr, but the darkness isn’t what it’s about.
To me, it’s about the resilience of women, especially Muslim women. It’s about survival and family and love- all different types of love, and while it has a love story, my favorite focus was the one on self-love, as I observed Nahr develop love for herself and gradually open up and show more of her heart as that love deepened.
I’m grateful for a different perspective on conflict in the Middle East and how the story, though gritty and heartrending in places, inspires empathy and perhaps even hope.
I received a gifted copy.
Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader
I’m so grateful I finally read it, and with my BFF, Biblio Beth.
About the book: “A sweeping and lyrical novel that follows a young Palestinian refugee as she slowly becomes radicalized while searching for a better life for her family throughout the Middle East, for readers of international literary bestsellers including Washington Black, My Sister, The Serial Killer, and Her Body and Other Parties.”
Told in the present, with Nahr imprisoned in a state of the art jail cell, and in the past, following her early life in Kuwait, her time spent as a refugee in Jordan, and then when she visits Palestine, Against the Loveless World is a sweeping and powerful story. It goes to raw and dark places for Nahr, but the darkness isn’t what it’s about.
To me, it’s about the resilience of women, especially Muslim women. It’s about survival and family and love- all different types of love, and while it has a love story, my favorite focus was the one on self-love, as I observed Nahr develop love for herself and gradually open up and show more of her heart as that love deepened.
I’m grateful for a different perspective on conflict in the Middle East and how the story, though gritty and heartrending in places, inspires empathy and perhaps even hope.
I received a gifted copy.
Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader