Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

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

5 reviews

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

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.

jessjess125's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, and Hate crime

laurabarrett's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Car accident, Death of parent, and Colonisation

belladeriso's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Murder