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raya213's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Devastating, heartbreaking. Usually I avoid these books to protect my mental health, but I don’t know why I started reading this one. It was all fine and things I read before until Amal said her family was in Shatila in 1981. That’s when I knew what was about to go down. And although I expected it, it shocked and horrified and opened up my wounds anyways. “Is this what it means to be Palestinian?”
tuleenalk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
deckleeditproof's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
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? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Islamophobia, War, Grief, Hate crime, and Colonisation
Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Murder, and Gun violence
Minor: Death of parent, Blood, Alcoholism, and Dementia
rachelrazzle's review against another edition
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
rheagoveas's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Body horror, War, and Genocide
nada_j's review against another edition
4.0
قصة مهمة ورائعة ومؤلمة. عشت مع شخصياتها وتأثرت بها كثيرا وتذكرت ما كانت جدتي تحكيه لي عن مأساة الهجرة وحياتها قبلها وبعدها.
أعطيت الكتاب ٤ نجوم بدلا من ٥ بسبب بعض الشطحات الدرامية التي احتوت عليها القصة والتي كان من الصعب علي تقبلها. وكذلك بعض الأمور الصغيرة في النص التي لا تمثل الشعب الفلسطيني في تلك الحقبة الزمنية. مثلا اسماء الشخصيات الاناث: فالكاتبة استخدمت بعض الأسماء الحديثة لبعض الشخصيات النسائية التي لم تكن معروفة او متداولة في تلك الفترة الزمنية (مثل اسم داليا). اخطاء صغيرة كنت اتمنى لو تداركتها الكاتبة في فترة مراجعة الكتاب. كذلك لم اقتنع بعلاقة الحب بين آمال وماجد و لم أرى اي شيء في القصة يدل على سبب الحب الكبير الذي نشأ بينهم هكذا فجأة
أعطيت الكتاب ٤ نجوم بدلا من ٥ بسبب بعض الشطحات الدرامية التي احتوت عليها القصة والتي كان من الصعب علي تقبلها. وكذلك بعض الأمور الصغيرة في النص التي لا تمثل الشعب الفلسطيني في تلك الحقبة الزمنية. مثلا اسماء الشخصيات الاناث: فالكاتبة استخدمت بعض الأسماء الحديثة لبعض الشخصيات النسائية التي لم تكن معروفة او متداولة في تلك الفترة الزمنية (مثل اسم داليا). اخطاء صغيرة كنت اتمنى لو تداركتها الكاتبة في فترة مراجعة الكتاب. كذلك لم اقتنع بعلاقة الحب بين آمال وماجد و لم أرى اي شيء في القصة يدل على سبب الحب الكبير الذي نشأ بينهم هكذا فجأة
moon_dude's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
A heartbreaking story of generations of Palestinians. While fictional in name, the truth of this book is but a glimpse into the lives, love, trauma and resiliency of Palestinians under and in spite of Israeli oppression and violence.
cleothegreat's review against another edition
5.0
‘ “The roots of our grief coil so deeply into loss that death has come to live with us like a family member who makes you happy by avoiding you, but who is still one of the family. Our anger is a rage that Westerners cannot understand. Our sadness can make the stones weep. And the way we love is no exception, Amal. “It is the kind of love you can know only if you have felt the intense hunger that makes your body eat itself at night. The kind you know only after life shields you from falling bombs or bullets passing through your body. It is the love that dives naked toward infinity’s reach. I think it is where God lives.”
In the long wait for one another and in the sacred love nestled in war, Yousef and Fatima had discovered this secret.’
I cried my eyes out reading this book. so profoundly moving.
from the river to the sea
In the long wait for one another and in the sacred love nestled in war, Yousef and Fatima had discovered this secret.’
I cried my eyes out reading this book. so profoundly moving.
from the river to the sea
thriller_buffet's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful, enchanting and heartbreaking.. I love you Amal may your soul and all the souls of our martyrs rest in heaven.
My words cannot describe enough how beautifully this book is written
For those “zionist puppets” who say it’s full of anger and rage.. how about you live through only 1% of the hell Palestinian people live through every day to understand where is the fury and raw emotions are coming from..
I read this book shortly after the last war on Gaza in 2021 to educate myself more about my lost country and perhaps to give myself even more hope that one day we shall have our free Palestine back
My words cannot describe enough how beautifully this book is written
For those “zionist puppets” who say it’s full of anger and rage.. how about you live through only 1% of the hell Palestinian people live through every day to understand where is the fury and raw emotions are coming from..
I read this book shortly after the last war on Gaza in 2021 to educate myself more about my lost country and perhaps to give myself even more hope that one day we shall have our free Palestine back