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jiao_li's review against another edition
2.25
Graphic: War and Genocide
Minor: Domestic abuse
mscalls's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Genocide, Blood, Child death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual harassment, War, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Cursing, Infidelity, Gore, Death, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse
jordynkw's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Genocide, War, Death, Deportation, Grief, Violence, and Domestic abuse
frances_chan's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Genocide, Death, and Violence
Moderate: War, Sexism, and Rape
Minor: Domestic abuse
abitbetterbooks's review against another edition
5.0
While this book is about the Rwandan genocide, not too much detail is provided about the genocide itself; there are plenty of books I’m sure you can read to learn more about it. Of course the author contextualizes it and what happened, but the majority of the book is about the impact of the conflict on her life and the subsequent journey, through many countries, refugee camps, bus rides, generous families and friends, evil guards and immigration police, and ultimately, her life in America. I appreciated in particular Clemantine’s exploration of her feelings of anger, lack of safety, need for survival, and fears of abandonment, and the deconstruction of the role of “refugee” she was meant to play, both on the Oprah show and other instances of tokenization.
I flagged many moments in this book and I can’t wait to go though and annotate them in my physical copy. Obviously there are many trigger warnings for this book but I highly recommend reading, with caution!
Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Child abuse, War, Violence, Grief, and Genocide
Moderate: Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, and Rape
Minor: Infidelity
jess_vitale's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: War, Domestic abuse, and Genocide
ahaimhere's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide
Moderate: Domestic abuse, War, and Death
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
sarah984's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Genocide
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Excrement, Blood, Gun violence, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, and Vomit