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svenia_dracul's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Self harm, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Antisemitism
kiarra_s's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
"Perhaps this was what war meant: understanding nothing."
I can't agree more! I'm walking away from this book with a lot on my heart and mind, but the deep-seated hatred of a group of people/the genocide of a people is truly incomprehensible.
Graphic: Genocide, Xenophobia, Murder, and War
Moderate: Child death, Racism, and Death of parent
melvilp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Murder and War
aseel_reads's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Rape, and Death of parent
fuzzyhebrew's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I always enjoy books written by adults but told through the lens of a child, and this was no exception. I thought the writing was simple but beautiful and the characters were fleshed out enough to care about them. My only complaint is that I felt the book could have spent some time talking about the adjustment of the main character after fleeing Burundi. But maybe that's another book in the making.
Graphic: Murder
paperquilt's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
anansi_girrl's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War
crazytourists_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Only I was safe in Athens, Greece, getting fragments of the news (no internet back then), and the protagonist of the book was there, in the middle of the "storm".
It is a simply written yet interesting book. The perspective of a young child, of the war and the genocide, might be more naive than that of an adult, but it can be equally heartbreaking.
My daughter is now ten, and I can't even imagine her reading about events like that, forget living them. I think I'll give her this book in a couple of years...
(If you are interested in the Rwandan civil war and genocide, I would strongly recommend the memoir of a survivor, "The girl who smiled beads".)
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War
bookynooknook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder
lauradvb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, and War
Moderate: Abandonment