Reviews tagging 'War'

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch

12 reviews

emily_britton's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.75

 Heartbreaking and infuriating. What a terrible period of history and horrifying to read about -- but important as well. Had Gourevitch's writing been anything less than what it was, this would have been unbearable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Violence, and War

ashely_56's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book is an incredible emotionally difficult but necessary read. Especiall in a time period where there are eerie genocida parallel currently happening to the Palestinian people in Gaza.

This books really explores and explains the history of the Rwandan Genocide and the events and circumstances that lead up to it so we as reader can under that this was systematic elimination of an entire group of people not mass tribal hysteria.

This was done deliberately and tactically. 

We need to learn this so we can take not of how those same tactics are being used yet while the western world yet again turns a blind eye.

This writing does an incredible job of encapsulation the world that is left after the Genocide and the state of its survivors. He does shy away from the messiness, the horror, or the cruelty.

This book is a necessary read for all those who care about stopping Genocide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Torture, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Car accident

phoenixcrying's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and War

w0rmonastring's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Sexual violence, Murder, and War

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

a devastating but very necessary book. just be careful with content warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

two_octopuses's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

3.75

Really devestating stories about of the Rwandan genocide, and the consequences of Western country/NGO influence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Blood

hughesie's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Car accident, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

eggshells29's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

greatlibraryofalexandra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Sad but informative book on the Rwandan genocide. The personal stories are heartrending, but Gourevitch does a good job of presenting them without being a trauma voyeur. He also provides plenty of succinct, easy to follow explanations of the roots of the genocide, as well as the local and regional politics that came into play before and after the 1994 genocide. Gourevitch is very unforgiving of western opinions and non intervention and I really appreciated his discussion of these topics, which he engaged in without softening the blow for white/western feelings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

This book contains descriptions of the genocide in Rwanda from survivors and witnesses. It does not gloss over the horror.

piabo's review against another edition

4.0

After living in Rwanda for more than a year (over the span of 4 years), visiting the genocide memorial in Kigali, attending Kwibuka, listening to a genocide podcast, and reading two books about the genocide, I thought there is not much more I can learn. Especially not from a book written by some white dude from the US.
But I was wrong.

This book is actually great. It does not only talk about the genocide itself but situates in well into its context of its time. Not just before, but also in the years after 1994.

I think the author did a good job. Really.

What I found especially interesting was the attempt to humanize the events during and around the genocide. The killings were not an abstract thing, they really happened. And the people of Rwanda are real people. Just like you and me. It is very important to never forget that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and War

Minor: Colonisation