Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Who Killed My Father by Édouard Louis

3 reviews

kathmulderry's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Really interesting read, challenging for sure to see the violence of the authors parents, primarily his father, depicted in such detail. Really makes you think about familial relationships and love and how deep that might go. I also didn’t (still don’t) know much about classism within France. Makes you think about how it can not only effect someone but shape who they are and become, how much works against the lower class from the very start of their lives, even deeper than the struggle that most people know and assume. How politicians aren’t held accountable for the direct pain and suffering they cause.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Classism, and Physical abuse

francophile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Murder, Deportation, and Racism

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

4.25

Après avoir lu En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule, je croyais savoir tout d'Édouard Louis. Mais Qui a tué mon père sert bien comme accompaniment à ce livre, ainsi qu'un bon livre tout seul. Décrivant le rapprochement échoué entre Louis et son père, Qui a tué mon père n'est pas une question. Louis accuse le gouvernement de la France et l'établissement libéral d'avoir forcé son père à bosser constamment, même après sa blessure. Il accuse également les croyances de la masculinité toxique qui influent sur l'homophobie et le classisme vécus par Louis pendant son enfance. Avec beaucoup de force, Louis met l'accent sur la violence ; non la violence avec des poings, mais celle véhiculée par les lois et les malentendus des politiques.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Ableism, Bullying, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Sexism

Minor: Antisemitism, Cancer, Racism, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Islamophobia, and Xenophobia

Une scène en particulier mentionne les événements de 9/11 aux États-Unis.