Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

De derde leugen by Ágota Kristóf

4 reviews

skimgoth's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I just read The Notebook by Agota Kristof and I got that feeling like I did reading Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Like I just need to go rock in a corner for a while.

The San Francisco chronicle calls it “stark and haunting”

NYT Bestselling Internet Aunt Sara says “omg listen to the San Francisco Chronicle”

God, I have so much I could say, but I think it boils down to:

this book made really horrible stuff really elegant and cut nightmares out of crisp, accessible prose.

The character of Harelip. The maid. Those boys. What happened to each of the parents. That last chapter. Shaking, grateful I read it, changed, inspired as an artist, deeply bothered.

I think I’m going to write a note to my children about how “this book is A LOT to parse as an adult so please don’t get a wild hair and read it yet” and stick it in the cover before putting it up on a shelf. My kids are like me. If a book is around, they might read it, especially if I put it on a high shelf. This one is WAY too readable, like at any age, and they could get thru it. So a “last warning” note for when they find a chair to get to my grownup books. Lmao

(This is a trilogy but I only bought it for the first one, no plans to read the other two for now)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Excrement, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Colonisation

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War

vampire's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma

A must-read, but don't take the content warnings lightly.

zolalethiel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is solidly on a list I like to call "Books I absolutely love and would never recommend to anybody". Amazing, incredible book, but set aside a day or two to be fucked up after reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Rape, Suicide, Torture, and Antisemitism