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Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista
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challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Beautifully written, and chilling. This book details the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte in the Phillipines, from 2016 to 2022, and the casualties that resulted from his 'War on Drugs'. As someone from the United States, this book was highly informative and sobering. It reminds its readers of the real human cost that incurs when a presidency declares how they're dedicated to 'cleaning up the streets'. It's reminiscent of Nixon's war on drugs, on former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani's war on drugs, on George H.W. Bush's war on drugs, and is probably where Duterte got his inspiration.
I wish nothing but the best for the writer, and hope she is doing well.
I wish nothing but the best for the writer, and hope she is doing well.
Graphic: Murder, Car accident, Sexual assault, Child death, Police brutality, Gun violence, Stalking, Drug use, Grief, Confinement, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Gore, Excrement, Rape, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment
Minor: Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Sexual harassment
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