Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Ei enää Eddy by Édouard Louis

33 reviews

lianamcc's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Violence, Homophobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

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

whatwillread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Tough, heart wrenching, and violent snapshots of young queer life. Wish I could have read this in its original French.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

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

emilynavarro's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Violence

huileson's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, and Bullying

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

no_soy_sibila's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, and Racism