Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The End of Eddy: A Novel by Édouard Louis

4 reviews

kananineko's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This book reminded me why I love memoirs. It’s a very important and impactful story, but it’s also very gross and graphic (definitely look into trigger warnings if you think you might need them). But it has to be. It was very educational about a place/way of life that I’m not very familiar with (which is why I love memoirs). My only critique is that I wished we got more at the end after he *kinda spoiler, maybe?* left/went to school. I wanted to see him happy (although, it’s true that that wasn’t the point of the book). Also, I understand that this is about the author’s real life so of course he gets to choose which parts of his life he wants to keep private. 

Overall, highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

skyeuqx's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Outing, and Classism

bernard_black's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

astridrv's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

I have seen the author compared to Ernaux, and I can see why. A troubling account of poverty, bullying, and homophobia from a narrator whose conflict with social and gender roles in his family and village provided him with a self aware analytical gaze on social behaviours and class patterns. However, none of it felt as novel and thought provoking as I expected, given that this book was all rage when it came out. The writing is unremarkable, which feels almost rude to write, but remains important to me as a reader. The story matters, but is banal - arguably, that is why it does.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Vomit, and Car accident