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treenakay's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Genocide
charliebnl's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Set in Rwanda, this memoir is a story about family. A story about how genocides built up over decades. A story that humanises victims and reminds us that they were there.
Whenever I have read or watched anything covering the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, the statistics are what is often highlighted around this event. 100 days. 1 million dead. It never covers the nuances. How the Hutu were conditioned over decades to dehumanise the Tutsis. How there were a couple of massacres that occurred over the decades that would lead to this massive murder. How no one ever mentions the BaTwa. How the 1 million were people with dreams, desires, faults, opportunities, joys, and pains.
What Scholastique does so beautifully in this memoir is to showcase the real lives of her family and community, paying them the ultimate homage of humanising them in their deaths.
A quick read that, whilst covering some painful and traumatic events, does so in an honourable way. A must-read for everyone, even if you don’t read Non-Fiction.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Genocide, Violence, and Death
emsavors's review against another edition
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Rape
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