Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Pienen pieni maa by Gaël Faye

10 reviews

stellahadz's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

L'histoire émouvante d'un jeune garçon qui grandit dans l'ombre du génocide rwandais et de la guerre civile burundaise. Ce serait un bon roman à explorer dans un cours d'histoire ou de français au secondaire. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Death of parent, Police brutality, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

jj2020's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Alcohol, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Gun violence

paperquilt's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Gun violence, Colonisation, Death, Racism, Physical abuse, War, Genocide, Murder, Blood, Grief, Violence, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

anansi_girrl's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Child death, Death, Torture, Xenophobia, War, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Racism, Violence, Alcohol, Genocide, Gun violence, and Mental illness

hannahandthebooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Ce livre est magnifique ! Je me suis sentie transportée au Burundi et au Rwanda. J’y ai vécu toute la beauté du pays et les horreurs vécues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, War, and Death of parent

limiwh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, War, Alcohol, Death, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, and Abandonment

holono's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

lizslay's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

 style magnifique de l’auteur qui dépeint l’horreur d’une manière poignante 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Dementia, Death of parent, Torture, Child death, Blood, Genocide, Racism, and Racial slurs

clarisseep's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

just finished this book and I have a gigantic knot in my stomach,
this book was well written, though really slow at the beginning and took time to really get in the story
I’ve opened it and closed it a lot before the election, because it felt that slow, but after it I went on reading and finished it 
I think that people should read this book, because of its history and weight on the then- and now-society

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Genocide, War, Violence, Hate crime, and Grief

eglantinegt's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Ce livre m’a beaucoup touché. Et je le recommanderais pas à tout le monde du fait de sa violence particulièrement. De tout les livres que j’ai lu c’est lui qui m’a le plus boulversé surtout sachant que les événements passés sont très récents, cela paraît irréel. On suit l’histoire d’un jeune garçon, Gabriel vivant au Burundi, avec son père français et sa mère Rwandaise, on voit alors le genocide rwandais des Tusti se deroulé. Je ne comprends honnêtement pas qu’on en parle pas plus, ne serait-ce qu’à l’école?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence