Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

De Arabier van de toekomst: Een jeugd in het Midden-Oosten by Mariella M. Manfré, Riad Sattouf, Toon Dohmen

12 reviews

bleuennreads_'s review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, War, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Excrement

anjasshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark informative fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Animal death, Antisemitism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Death, Excrement, and Xenophobia

lizzy_elaineee's review against another edition

sad tense fast-paced

3.0

i bought this book on sale for less than $2.99 

i thought it would give some insight on the parallels between the iraq war & palestine under occupation, that didn't happen which is fine i guess. i could've done without the racism, sexism, homophobia & ableism it really didn't add anything to the story so there was no point in adding it at all. i found the dad character insufferable for 90% of this novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Gun violence, Colonisation, and Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Homophobia, War, Gun violence, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Ableism, and Racism

Minor: Excrement, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Animal death, and Pregnancy

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Animal death, and Sexism

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

singernotthesong's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Antisemitism

Moderate: War, Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Gun violence

nessazee's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Gore, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Torture, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Gun violence, Cursing, Bullying, Body shaming, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Vomit and War

emmapaponja's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Self harm, Sexism, Physical abuse, Bullying, Antisemitism, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Racism, Misogyny, and Gun violence

alyssatuininga's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

1.0

Honestly this graphic novel was horrid. I like to read books from authors all over the world and I try to have some understanding that cultural beliefs are different. I try to read things with an open mind. This was racist, sexist, homophobic, violent, anti-Semitic, and full of horror. There were no redeeming qualities, no good storyline, no likeable characters- even the art was awful. It was just horrid, do yourself a favor and skip this one 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Sexism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, and Bullying

adventures_of_a_french_reader's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

Always hard to judge a memoir...
I feel on the fence about this one: while I like Riad Sattouf's candid honesty and his childlike look on his surroundings, his father's behavior and some other behaviors in this book are quite hard to stomach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Antisemitism

niallgoulding1's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

Funny memoir of the first few years of the authors life. Plenty chuckle worthy moments and a perspective I've never seen elsewhere.

However, don't go in expecting this to be Maus or Persepolis. This doesn't have the same overarching narrative or cohesion. The author was a very young child during the events and so his recollections are fragmented and don't show any nuance. Every Arab is depicted as feral and backward. I'm sure that is true to the experience of a 5 year old child who doesn't speak the language but it doesn't give any true insight on the era. 

Finally, reading this volume on its own feels incomplete. It's short and doesn't have a story arc or natural end point. Given the price of graphic novels, it didn't feel like good value

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Content Warnings

Minor: Islamophobia and Antisemitism