Reviews tagging 'Gore'

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

12 reviews

lanid's review against another edition

dark sad tense

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Child death, War, Murder, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, and Torture

rockin_robyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, Slavery, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Mass/school shootings

shontellereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

I think the content is as harrowing as it is interesting but the writing really didn't do this memoir justice, unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, War, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Violence, Grief, and Gun violence

jaidenmarie11's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

I think I’ll always give memoirs a 5 star unless it or the author sucks but fortunately that was not the case. This book was so harrowing and made me truly reflect on the ideals of morality and innocence. I will never forget some of the scenes from this book and it’s absolutely heartbreaking that a child had to experience this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, War, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Murder, Addiction, Cursing, and Rape

literaryloquacity's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gore, Blood, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Kidnapping, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Drug abuse, Incest, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

lily_kruse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

thatbookishrookie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Drug use, Gore, and War

kaylaej03's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Blood, Gore, Child abuse, Colonisation, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, and Gun violence

freg's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, War, and Vomit

kailynnovak's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Gore