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The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis

30 reviews

whatadutchgirlreads's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Outing, and Classism

allisoncdn's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Sexual content

vilmawrfoguheil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

An extreamly raw and bare bones-type book that shows the effect of industrialization. the books aswell as the author's other books are fantastic in showing inner strugles, bad habbits and the induvualistic level/personal want of escaping your cuernt situation. I definitley recomend this books for annyone who likes biography's and philosofy and to also read it in your native lanugage to really make the story a little more personal to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Sexual assault

Execpt for the content warings in the "grafic" box warnings for one och two time instances. The others are comon themes inthe book or big plot points.

almondcroissant's review

reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Religious bigotry, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

naidansmith's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Islamophobia, and Classism

sidsaid's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit

Also contains sex between minors, talk of sex by minors.

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, Animal death, Cursing, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Violence

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

Minor: Death

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

huileson's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

kananineko's review

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

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

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