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margot_meanders's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
An important book. A book that opens your eyes. This is literature.
Talks about the genocide of 1994 in Rwanda and its aftermath. Every page makes you uncomfortable.
Talks about the genocide of 1994 in Rwanda and its aftermath. Every page makes you uncomfortable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Murder
sunnyblue12's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
purplehulk713's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- 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
3.75
Hauntingly sweet and chilling, like a graveyard echo. The complexity of each richly developed narrator provides exquisite insight into the humanity of EVERY player in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Siméon’s insights towards the very end are intense and incredible, as well as Cornelius’s ultimate journey towards the acceptance of his legacy in regard to the genocide. This land of a thousand hills sings with a different sound of music, but it is a dirge that demands to be echoed in the hearts and minds of all—the people who turned away and the people who could choose to make these mistakes again or listen to the history inked in blood in the earth around them. I do not simply mean women and men of Rwanda. Don’t deny the truth because you are afraid of it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
apollonium's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and War
Moderate: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Excrement, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail