Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Long Way Gone: The True Story Of A Child Soldier by Ishmael Beah

31 reviews

clawtistic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing and Vomit

jennswan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Blood, and Vomit

kilonshele's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and War

Minor: Rape

loisro's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

annamwallace66's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

katiequack's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and War

Minor: Rape

hamletslover's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kayminne's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

4.0

This book is beautifully written. I appreciate how the author, Ishmael Beah, ends the book in particular. It doesn’t allow you to forget the journey and is very impactful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Blood

I believe it be good for people to be aware that these things take place in this book. I do not wish for it to hold them back from reading. The author did a wonderful job of conveying his experiences without painting graphic pictures.

fuzzyhebrew's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

3.0

I listened to the audiobook, and that is the reason I am giving this three stars. The writing was great, the subject matter was difficult, but Ishmael unfortunately has a very flat unemotional reading voice which makes it harder to get invested in the book. He is so charismatic in interviews and I feel like if I were watching a video of him reading maybe it would be better. I truly appreciate him writing his story because it illuminates how atrocious war is. In his interviews he highlights how in a time of war, when your life is being threatened, you will do things that you would not ever think you can do. Yes, you, and yes, you will. I think that is an important message of the book. 
The other part of this story which resonated with me was the healing relationship with Ester. This woman spends her days working to help people with violent behaviors overcome immense trauma. I cannot imagine the emotional toll that would take. 
I would highly recommend this book if you are willing to read about this subject matter. Just read it on paper. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Murder, and War