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303 reviews
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Murder
Moderate: Racial slurs and Sexism
Minor: Deadnaming and Classism
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Excrement, Car accident, and Outing
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Outing
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War
Minor: Incest and Cannibalism
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I read the Mahabharata for a college class and I'm amazed how much I remembered. Even though I read a translation, and I didn't read the Ramayana (yet?), Patel perfectly captures that voice of an epic in her storytelling. It's an equally exciting read and an epic in its own right. It's such an interesting concept / premise: religion + history + men (ancient and modern) and their belief that war and power and conquest is their divine right / destiny, but what about the women in their lives? What about the every day issues that need to be solved? And the idea that a woman's destiny is to suffer to make any significant change... The woman has no free will yet tries to carve her own destiny yet the gods are against her yet it's all apart of their plan yet yet yet! There's just so many layers! I gasped so many times! What a tale!
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Chronic illness
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Police brutality
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Jokes aside, she just like me fr. I'll be on the lookout for Awad's next book, this was great. It was funny and sweet and very informative about Australian culture. Which was surprising. I know more about diaspora Palestinians & Arabs than I did about Australians before reading this! I love the parallels to classic English romance novels, even if I haven't read them I GET it. Awad is a true talent!
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting
3.25
Good lesson for kids but not good enough. Like it's a big deal to talk about racism but in the end
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Car accident, and Colonisation
Moderate: Ableism, Gun violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Minor: Rape and War
3.75
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual content
Minor: Child death, Antisemitism, Dementia, and Stalking
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Bullying and Misogyny
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Self harm