Reviews tagging 'Death'

Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin's Hijab by Priya Huq

8 reviews

ninahuynh's review

challenging emotional tense fast-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? No

4.0

I like the exploration of different experiences with the hijab and Islam. I learned about the Bangladesh Genocide, which I did not know about prior to this book, how that trauma can affect one's relationship with one's culture, religion, and identity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Genocide, Grief, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Islamophobia, and War

rainbowrocky's review

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Bullying

Minor: Colonisation, Rape, Genocide, Violence, War, and Death

krys_kilz's review

emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

I really loved this graphic novel! It dealt with some very heavy subjects in a sensitive and thoughtful way. The art was breathtaking! I also really appreciated the book report style appendix at the end with more information about Bangladesh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Bullying and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Genocide, Rape, War, and Death

keljo484's review

emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Death, Genocide, Rape, Violence, and War

emily_mh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.25

This graphic novel felt short, but it really packed a punch. It is widely about the relationship Muslim women have to the hijab: what the hijab represents, why Muslim women might choose to wear the hijab or not, and also how outside forces can impact on how they experience this practice. I also loved the focus on relationships, especially on Nisrin and Firuzeh's relationship and the nuance that was given there. The art style was absolutely unique: colour and art were both used in a way I haven't really seen in graphic novels before. It was so emotive and expressive, and metaphoric as well. I think the best way to describe it is that it placed the importance on telling the story through art, not words. Finally the extra material of Nisrin's project on Bangladesh was a wonderful addition. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Hate crime, Racism, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, War, Colonisation, and Genocide

Minor: Racial slurs, Medical content, Misogyny, Child death, Rape, and Ableism

Moderate: PTSD (or similar) experiences, depiction of a neo-Nazi, mass death Minor: loss of a loved one

knockoffrainbow's review

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Blood, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Genocide, War, Gun violence, Murder, and Death

kayladaila's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Violence

Minor: Death, Genocide, Murder, Rape, Blood, and Colonisation

b_robinson's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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

3.25

I really did like the art style of this graphic novel; full of colour and nice patterns and cute squishy characters.

Going into it, I had a very basic understanding, and I'm glad that throughout my reading of it I've learnt a few things as well as felt the desire to research more into some of the things brought up.

It's a heavy topic that could feel quite distressing at times, so my content warnings include; discussion of rape and genocide, on-page physical attack/assault, Islamophobia, racism, depictions of PTSD, bullying/harassment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Colonisation, Death, Rape, Genocide, and War