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237 reviews

My First and Only Love by Sahar Khalifeh

emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abandonment

السندباد الأعمى: أطلس البحر والحرب by بثينة العيسى

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The City Always Wins by Omar Robert Hamilton

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, and Police brutality

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa Ashour

emotional informative sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Islamophobia, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

خبز على طاولة الخال ميلاد by محمد النّعاس

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

يأخذ طريق مرض نفسى بشكل مبالغ فيه جدا فى تطور مفاجئ و اضمحلال الشخصية الأساسية و التى تعبت منها فعلا على مر القصة كلها لاننا دائما مغموسين فى عقله و أفكاره الهشة و شخصيته الضعيفة المريضة المشتتة التى تريد دائما رمى اللوم على من حولها بل و يريد فى الوقت ذاته أن يكون البطل بجدارة بدون أى استحقاقات للقب...

Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism by Aja Barber

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

مذكرات صائم by أحمد بهجت

funny lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

2.5

The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0