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ameliasbooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
4.0
A gruesome, but informative read. Also an important historical document.
Carrère originally wrote weekly articles for a French newspaper about this trial and this is an edited version of all of them. Usually I'm not the biggest fan of that concept, but it is done quite well here, although there was some repetition of information in parts. Which make sense in order to refresh the reader's memory, when you are following a weekly publication, but comes across as a bit of lazy editing in a book.
Carrère originally wrote weekly articles for a French newspaper about this trial and this is an edited version of all of them. Usually I'm not the biggest fan of that concept, but it is done quite well here, although there was some repetition of information in parts. Which make sense in order to refresh the reader's memory, when you are following a weekly publication, but comes across as a bit of lazy editing in a book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
lapuce1006's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
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