Reviews tagging 'Death'

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse

10 reviews

flynnjk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

If you want to learn about the horror of Vietnam this is a must read. So sad that humans can be so mean and heartless towards others!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Violence, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Body horror, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Torture, Death, Racism, Sexual assault, and War

punk_flower_child's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

4.5

So heartbreaking, but so important. The author does a good job of describing the horrific events of what Americans did in the war without sounding clinical. I think this is an essential read, especially with the ongoing conflict in Palestine

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Violence, Animal death, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Deportation, Body horror, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Trafficking, War, Cursing, Child death, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Rape

courtney_scott1025's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

5.0

Man, this was probably the best book to truly learn about the US’s atrocities in Vietnam, but it is so very difficult to get through. This one took awhile. Every trigger warning possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Child death, Rape, Violence, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Racism, Physical abuse, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Gore, Misogyny, Body horror, Sexual assault, War, Torture, Sexual violence, Murder, Genocide, Death, and Child abuse

princxporkchop's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Crucial for understanding the scope of the Vietnam War and just how far the US government went to cover up war crimes. A truly haunting read that traces the lineage of colonialism and imperialism to present day with the rhetoric surrounding Israel’s and the west’s genocide in Palestine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, War, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Animal death, Genocide, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Racism, Rape, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Torture, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Hate crime

lupexrosa's review

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

I knew some of the atrocities that happened during the American War in Vietnam but reading this made me realize just how ignorant the American public is about foreign wars- especially in the 20th century. Nothing, I repeat, nothing is more disgusting than the repugnant, inhuman glee that men have at any chance to have unchecked power over someone they think is lower than them. I will never look at a veteran from that war the same ever again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Body horror, Grief, Hate crime, Rape, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Child death, Child abuse, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, War, Genocide, Murder, Torture, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Racism

arivnnv's review

dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War, Child death, Death, Racism, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Rape

katandy's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Confinement, Animal death, Death, Murder, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Sexual assault, Torture, War, and Racial slurs

xoxojaydub's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Gore, Gaslighting, War, Torture, Gun violence, Death, Blood, Pedophilia, Murder, Hate crime, Violence, and Genocide

ehmannky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

A deep dive look at the horrific actions of so many Americans in Vietnam, which includes but isn’t limited to mass murder, torture, and a prolific culture of rape. Its a really heavy book and it’s amazing that the legacy of this war, despite having testimony from veterans that this all happened, has been so thoroughly sanitized that we’re trained as Americans to empathize with the soldiers that did horrendous things rather than their victims. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, War, Grief, Sexual violence, Genocide, Death, Colonisation, Child abuse, Blood, Gore, Rape, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Racism, Murder, and Police brutality

bananabreath's review

dark informative reflective sad tense

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death