Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

12 reviews

loisro's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Vomit, War, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Violence, Colonisation, Gore, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Trafficking, and Drug abuse

annamwallace66's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Torture, Violence, War, Vomit, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

annie_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: War, Rape, Violence, and Gore

fuzzyhebrew's review

dark fast-paced

3.0

I listened to the audiobook, and that is the reason I am giving this three stars. The writing was great, the subject matter was difficult, but Ishmael unfortunately has a very flat unemotional reading voice which makes it harder to get invested in the book. He is so charismatic in interviews and I feel like if I were watching a video of him reading maybe it would be better. I truly appreciate him writing his story because it illuminates how atrocious war is. In his interviews he highlights how in a time of war, when your life is being threatened, you will do things that you would not ever think you can do. Yes, you, and yes, you will. I think that is an important message of the book. 
The other part of this story which resonated with me was the healing relationship with Ester. This woman spends her days working to help people with violent behaviors overcome immense trauma. I cannot imagine the emotional toll that would take. 
I would highly recommend this book if you are willing to read about this subject matter. Just read it on paper. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Drug abuse, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Genocide, Torture, and Child death

halirose's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Genocide, War, and Death

rockin_robyn's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, Slavery, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Mass/school shootings

literaryloquacity's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gore, Blood, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Kidnapping, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Drug abuse, Incest, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

lily_kruse's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

kaylaej03's review

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Blood, Gore, Child abuse, Colonisation, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, and Gun violence

bookamosobookclub's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Murder, and Drug use

Moderate: Death