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237 reviews
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home by Mona Hajjar Halaby
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, Violence, and War
Elsewhere, Home by Leila Aboulela
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Vomit
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, War, Colonisation, and Gun violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting
The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Colonisation
Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Sexual content, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Grief, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Death, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness
Minor: Blood