Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Jacaranda by Gaël Faye

5 reviews

gaval's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War

melis_salome's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Thérapeute: qu’est-ce qui a déclenché votre crise ?
Moi: montre ce livre

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Torture, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic

water_bottle's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Ce livre m'a fait pleurer pour un arbre

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, War

theliteraryteapot's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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Merci beaucoup pour ce récit monsieur Gaël Faye. Nous avons absolument besoin de raconter et de se souvenir. Plus qu'une histoire sur le génocide des Tutsis au Rwanda, il s'agit notamment des silences, du besoin de comprendre, du traumatisme (générationnel), de "l'après". Même si le sujet est bien sûr difficile, la plume poétique mais toujours fluide et accessible aide, je pense, un petit peu. Je recommande donc vivement ce livre à tout le monde.
J'ai trouvé cette phrase particulièment percutante : "[...] le poison de la division et de l'ethnisme habilement distillé par les colons belges et l'Église devint la prison mentale dans laquelle la grande majorité des Rwandais se laissèrent enfermer et dont ils ne sortiraient plus." (p.205)

Aussi, un grand merci encore à Gaël Faye pour sa gentillesse et pour notre, certes courte, mais enrichissante conversation (en tout cas, elle l'était pour moi). Je garde bien en mémoire votre signature : "pour dissiper les silences, et trouver la clarté".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Cancer, Rape, Torture

Minor: Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic

chroniquesdekellen's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcohol, War

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation