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charliebnl's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Set in Rwanda, this memoir is a story about family. A story about how genocides built up over decades. A story that humanises victims and reminds us that they were there.Â
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Whenever I have read or watched anything covering the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, the statistics are what is often highlighted around this event. 100 days. 1 million dead. It never covers the nuances. How the Hutu were conditioned over decades to dehumanise the Tutsis. How there were a couple of massacres that occurred over the decades that would lead to this massive murder. How no one ever mentions the BaTwa. How the 1 million were people with dreams, desires, faults, opportunities, joys, and pains.Â
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What Scholastique does so beautifully in this memoir is to showcase the real lives of her family and community, paying them the ultimate homage of humanising them in their deaths.Â
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A quick read that, whilst covering some painful and traumatic events, does so in an honourable way. A must-read for everyone, even if you don’t read Non-Fiction.
Moderate: Genocide, Violence, and Death
emsavors's review against another edition
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Rape
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