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Ei enää Eddy by Édouard Louis

16 reviews

petrareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A gripping exploration of life in poverty on the French countryside, as well as the views and values of the people living in it, through the eyes of a young gay boy, desperate to fit in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Animal death, and Cursing

Moderate: Classism, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Death

haunted_klaus's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

canb's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Mitigée. Plutôt déçue même. J’en attendais beaucoup, au vu des critiques du livre qui le trouvent « poignant » et « dur mais nécessaire ». Mais je pense que ce qui caractérise le mieux mon avis c’est que j’ai plus d’empathie pour le père que pour Eddy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Classism, Cursing, Bullying, and Alcoholism

ifigeneiatsa's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

My third book from this author and I think it's my favourite. In this one he talks about his childhood and how he decided to leave his village behind. It's truly shocking at moments. I never realized some areas of France are so poor and closed minded. What I really like about his books is that he doesn't present himself as the victim or as the 'different' one. He shows how growing up in a racist and homophobic environment makes one internalize the same behaviours. How violence spreads over decades and its effects are still present. The way he comments on class differences was also fascinating to read. You can see it as it is visualize through the different languages used. The language of the village (past) and his educated language (now).

Quote: "But suffering is all-consuming, it somehow gets rid of anything that doesn't fit into its system"

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs, Homophobia, Violence, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

jenggala's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

3.75

Although she is an angry woman, she is not one who knows what to do with the hatred that never leaves her. She rails when alone in front of the TV or with other mothers outside the school.

oh, this takes forever to finish. violence pervades every inch of it and indeed, this is a literature of violence. barely it offers any salve to every punch it pulls. the portrayal of how all-encompassing violence is in lower-class life is something i find true to life and relatable even in indonesia.

i can see the merit of it, but i don't think this is something i would do usually.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Classism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Violence, Racism, and Emotional abuse

iirissr's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Bullying, Cursing, and Violence

kananineko's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This book reminded me why I love memoirs. It’s a very important and impactful story, but it’s also very gross and graphic (definitely look into trigger warnings if you think you might need them). But it has to be. It was very educational about a place/way of life that I’m not very familiar with (which is why I love memoirs). My only critique is that I wished we got more at the end after he *kinda spoiler, maybe?* left/went to school. I wanted to see him happy (although, it’s true that that wasn’t the point of the book). Also, I understand that this is about the author’s real life so of course he gets to choose which parts of his life he wants to keep private. 

Overall, highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Alcoholism

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Antisemitism, Ableism, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Sexism, Animal cruelty, and Excrement

cecilialau_'s review against another edition

(I don’t star-rate memoirs/autobiographies as personal experience is not up for “debate” imo, but I’ll comment on my experience with reading it).
Sometimes this book read like fiction to me. Especially in the beginning. There were parts that were hard to read as the reality of class and family dysfunction sets the scene for narrow-mindedness and being more concerned with being “normal” than being curious about and loving your child. It feels like there’s a long way to go for self-acceptance along with the heartbreaking realisation that acceptance from the family (due to societal expectations/perceived standards) will not happen. It scratches the surface of class issues and lack of resources, i.e. opportunities and education, to show and embrace inclusivity. It’s worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Racial slurs, Addiction, Colonisation, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body shaming, Classism, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Outing, and Physical abuse

skyeuqx's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Outing, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Ableism, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Miscarriage, Incest, Domestic abuse, Classism, Mental illness, and Bullying

bernard_black's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Incest, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Xenophobia, Ableism, Homophobia, Racism, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual assault