Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis

4 reviews

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

rosannariah's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

Le sujet du livre est intéressant, c'est un peu le miroir social de la pauvreté et le portrait d'un jeune garçon qui lutte avec son identité, mais c'est vraiment dur à lire (j'ai sauté quelques paragraphes parce que les faits racontés étaient trop insoutenables pour moi => lisez les trigger warning avant de commencer ce livre)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Homophobia, Racism, Vomit, Death, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Violence

astridrv's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

I have seen the author compared to Ernaux, and I can see why. A troubling account of poverty, bullying, and homophobia from a narrator whose conflict with social and gender roles in his family and village provided him with a self aware analytical gaze on social behaviours and class patterns. However, none of it felt as novel and thought provoking as I expected, given that this book was all rage when it came out. The writing is unremarkable, which feels almost rude to write, but remains important to me as a reader. The story matters, but is banal - arguably, that is why it does.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Excrement, and Vomit