Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch

4 reviews

freesiaelect's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Racism, and Child death

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

zephyrscape's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Genocide

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

greatlibraryofalexandra's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Sad but informative book on the Rwandan genocide. The personal stories are heartrending, but Gourevitch does a good job of presenting them without being a trauma voyeur. He also provides plenty of succinct, easy to follow explanations of the roots of the genocide, as well as the local and regional politics that came into play before and after the 1994 genocide. Gourevitch is very unforgiving of western opinions and non intervention and I really appreciated his discussion of these topics, which he engaged in without softening the blow for white/western feelings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Genocide, War, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

This book contains descriptions of the genocide in Rwanda from survivors and witnesses. It does not gloss over the horror.

laurabarrett's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Colonisation, Death of parent, Misogyny, Police brutality, Xenophobia, and Suicidal thoughts