Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis

13 reviews

petrareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

A gripping exploration of life in poverty on the French countryside, as well as the views and values of the people living in it, through the eyes of a young gay boy, desperate to fit in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Animal death, and Cursing

Moderate: Classism, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Death

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

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

no_soy_sibila's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, and Racism

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

bernard_black's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Incest, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Xenophobia, Ableism, Homophobia, Racism, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual assault

bbrbck's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

aimeenotpond's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Hate crime, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Cursing, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction and Animal cruelty

Minor: Animal death

lb781's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Violence

444saida's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexism, Vomit, and Xenophobia