Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis

38 reviews

mializa_mk's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Racism and Violence

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

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

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.

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

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

whatwillread's review

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

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

jenggala's review

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