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Reviews tagging 'Grief'
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista
7 reviews
zoinkie's review
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Police brutality, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Drug abuse, Addiction, Body horror, Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, Classism, Cursing, Gore, and Violence
jouljet's review
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, and Death
cheruphim's review
5.0
I wish nothing but the best for the writer, and hope she is doing well.
Graphic: Murder, Car accident, Sexual assault, Child death, Police brutality, Gun violence, Stalking, Drug use, Grief, Confinement, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Gore, Excrement, Rape, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment
Minor: Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Sexual harassment
owmyleg's review
4.75
Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Violence
isthisbooktaken's review
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Grief, Murder, Death, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
sumsi's review
3.5
Evangelista manages to effortlessly weave in a flurry of topics, including autobiographical details, as well as historic struggles and insights into the contemporary culture of the Philippines.
We learn about the conditions that lead to Rodrigo Duterte's rise to power, the impact of his "war against drugs" and the aftermath of a country that reels against the violence it inflicted upon itself. We are presented with the people who voted for him, the people that executed his ideas, and the victims whose lives have been extinguished or otherwise irreversibly impacted for the worse.
Trying to edit all of this trauma, personal and cultural, down into a report could not have been a harder task. As such I did find myself willfully rereading dense passages, doing extra research, and enduring the — at times — long-winded reflections and repetitions. It's a fantastic book that I highly recommend. Still I'll have to be honest in that it wasn't quite my cup of tea, and that trying to devour it mostly lead to stomach aches. It's a clunky book — as in my experience are most that have something of substance to say!
Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Classism, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Racism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, and Sexism
lisztaffe's review
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Addiction, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Classism, Death of parent, Drug use, and Gun violence
Minor: Torture