Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Charlotte - Avec des gouaches de Charlotte Salomon by David Foenkinos

5 reviews

theatreuse's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Je ne suis pas sure d’un jour trouver les mots pour parler de charlotte

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death, Deportation, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, War, Violence, Sexual assault, Genocide, Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

might_be_may's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Xenophobia, War, and Torture

lizouto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Genocide, War, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Incest

libraryofcam's review against another edition

5.0

Je ressens la même chose que lorsque j’ai fini « Vers la beauté » également de Foenkinos. Quel auteur formidable. 

Bouleversant. Horrifiant. Magnifique. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Abandonment, War, Religious bigotry, Deportation, Genocide, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, Dementia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, and Sexual harassment

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

No rating, because how could I give the tragedy of someone's life a star rating?

Charlotte is a beautiful book.
It is intense, melancholic, sad, a gem reflecting death, and pain, and the unfiltered experience of life as a Jew during World War 2.
This book features everything disastrous, but also beauty, creativity, inspiration. Freedom during a time where there was none.

"... - the beauty and the terror were two sides of a single coin."
(That's a quote from Pat Barker's 'The Silence Of the Girls', but I thought it fitting. It perfectly sums up this book and all its uniqueness.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent, Hate crime, Violence, Death, and War

Minor: Murder, Rape, and Sexual harassment