jazhandz 's review for:

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

3.75

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I’m a big fan of Kaveh Akbar’s poetry and a big hater of all autobiographical literary fiction, so this book averaged out to be pretty good, but not great. Some really lovely stuff and some things that didn’t work for me at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Racism, Terminal illness, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Vomit