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The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis

28 reviews

lianamcc's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Violence, Homophobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

gabybeckley's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Incest

canb's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Mitigée. Plutôt déçue même. J’en attendais beaucoup, au vu des critiques du livre qui le trouvent « poignant » et « dur mais nécessaire ». Mais je pense que ce qui caractérise le mieux mon avis c’est que j’ai plus d’empathie pour le père que pour Eddy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Classism, Cursing, Bullying, and Alcoholism

iirissr's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Bullying, Cursing, and Violence

imrereads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

emilynavarro's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Violence

huileson's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, and Bullying

kananineko's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This book reminded me why I love memoirs. It’s a very important and impactful story, but it’s also very gross and graphic (definitely look into trigger warnings if you think you might need them). But it has to be. It was very educational about a place/way of life that I’m not very familiar with (which is why I love memoirs). My only critique is that I wished we got more at the end after he *kinda spoiler, maybe?* left/went to school. I wanted to see him happy (although, it’s true that that wasn’t the point of the book). Also, I understand that this is about the author’s real life so of course he gets to choose which parts of his life he wants to keep private. 

Overall, highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Alcoholism

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Antisemitism, Ableism, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Sexism, Animal cruelty, and Excrement

cecilialau_'s review against another edition

(I don’t star-rate memoirs/autobiographies as personal experience is not up for “debate” imo, but I’ll comment on my experience with reading it).
Sometimes this book read like fiction to me. Especially in the beginning. There were parts that were hard to read as the reality of class and family dysfunction sets the scene for narrow-mindedness and being more concerned with being “normal” than being curious about and loving your child. It feels like there’s a long way to go for self-acceptance along with the heartbreaking realisation that acceptance from the family (due to societal expectations/perceived standards) will not happen. It scratches the surface of class issues and lack of resources, i.e. opportunities and education, to show and embrace inclusivity. It’s worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Racial slurs, Addiction, Colonisation, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body shaming, Classism, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Outing, and Physical abuse

skyeuqx's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Outing, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Ableism, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Miscarriage, Incest, Domestic abuse, Classism, Mental illness, and Bullying