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Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd
emotional
reflective
5.0
“The soldier, blonde and sunburnt, asks her for her permit.
My permit: these wrinkles older than your country's existence.
My smile is a sun.
The soldier,
accented and
unhebrew, asks her what's in the bag.
Figs, bitch. What else you want to know:
I stuffed them with storms and bombs and blows.”
Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
tw: romanticized predatory age gap
this was basically daddy issues: the novel.
this was basically daddy issues: the novel.
mc goes through stages of grief after the suicide of her father.
the writing felt stilted but that most likely is the fault of the translation.
she takes a liking to a regular at the bistro she works at bc he reminds her of her father. she then disturbingly develops a crush on her father’s friend. they both acknowledge it’s wrong since he knew her since she was a child, but they hook up anyways…yeah
the writing felt stilted but that most likely is the fault of the translation.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, and Death of parent
Minor: Incest
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
informative
medium-paced
4.75