Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Incendies by Wajdi Mouawad

15 reviews

estrellavolren24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

margal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Excellente lecture.
Ca faisait un bail que je n'avais pas lu une pièce de théâtre. On reste dans une configuration classique. 
Mais quelle poésie, quel parcours. On est époustouflé à la fin de la lecture. J'ai vu ces gens. J'ai vu leurs peines et j'ai compris. 
C'est une belle oeuvre facile à lire sur l'exil, la guerre et les crimes qui se perpétuent à ces moments là. 
Merci pour ce beau texte, j'ai hâte de voir la pièce de théâtre sur Youtube. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

enbr's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

violetteddd's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

Ce livre m’a marqué, il est incroyablement bien écrit et on ne s’attend pas du tout à la fin, mais il aborde des sujets très difficiles 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

nathalie90's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

abibliophobic_nerd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War

mlnfrdt's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

READ THIS BOOK!!! PLEASE DO IT!!!!!!!!!! AND DONT SPOIL YOURSELF BEFOREHAND JUSTE READ IT!!!!! 


i had to read this book for school (i will forever thank my french teacher for it) and i wasnt expecting anything from it but wow. It might be one of the best book ive ever read. Technically its a play not a boon but whatever. The story is mysterious and moving. Theres a weird dark atmosphere surrounding the story and i couldnt understand why until the end. The plot is simple: Jeanne and Simon are twins, their mom just died. While opening her will, they’re told that she wants them to find their brother and their dad. The story is basically the quest of the twins trying to find the truth about their mom, theire family and even themselves. 
The book is easy to read cause it keeps you entertained. 
I also think its important to read this type of stories cause it takes its inspiration from real life event (here, the Lebanese war).  I would say its an hard read because of the violence of certain bits but its true to what happened irl, its authentic. 
If i could rate this book higher, i would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

h_373489's review

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Incest and Rape

Minor: Abandonment

suzylit's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

slugsam's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, and Death of parent