Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

6 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

this was absolutely devastating but a story that needed to be told. Beah’s “recovery” and healing were so nice to see. be careful with content warnings!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, War, and Rape

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

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

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

888lcv's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense fast-paced

4.25

loved analyzing this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War

mxjx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Grief, Torture, and Violence