Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi

11 reviews

brookey8888's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I enjoyed this, but I think that to much was happening and none of it get wrapped up or flushed out. I appreciate the topics discussed in this, all of them being hard and difficult conversations, but half of them weren’t even concluded. This also just felt off to me? I’m not Muslim so I can’t speak on the 
Representation And the some of the  topics discussed, but it just didn’t seem All that well done to me. I know the author is Muslim so maybe that’s her experience, but read reviews from Muslim readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Islamophobia, Car accident, Grief, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

sbbailey's review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

i have a lot of thoughts about this book, on the one hand it’s half baked until about 75% but then it still doesn’t make complete sense. on the other hand i see what the author was trying to do here, it was very poetic, in a way. but some authors aren’t equipped to write true poetic work. i get what mafi was trying to do with this book. it didn’t make sense until the end because it wasn’t supposed to the main characters thoughts were so jumbled because of GREIF, mafi just didn’t assemble it correctly. it had great potential, but the potential wasn’t met. she wrote this book with the write concept for the times, but the writing just doesn’t do it justice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Islamophobia, Child death, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Hate crime

wrinnola's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Self harm, Xenophobia, Grief, Islamophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death, Child death, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Police brutality

julierambaeck's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I thought this was extremely repetitive! The characters were very flawed and not very likeable. I think if this was a short story, it would have been better, because the message was just repeated way too many times throughout the book…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Self harm, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

ambi_reads's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Islamophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Death

readerorwateva's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: War and Panic attacks/disorders

jadie_berg's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Drug use, Hate crime, Car accident, Child death, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, War, and Medical content

rey_therese07's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Car accident, Drug abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, and War

bananaberrybun's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Racism, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, and Grief

janial58's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was beautifully written, yet incredibly sad! Wish we got to explored more situations because many things were left open at the end. However, I don’t think it takes away from how emotionally painful this novel was to read at times. Gorgeous writing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and Self harm