Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku

22 reviews

janelephant's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Racism, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

jhabelita's review

5.0

I do not have any idea about the Holocaust. I just know na bwakinangshet si Hitler. I never thought ganito ang mga pinagdaanan ng mga survivor 😭 this book was heartbreaking from start to finish 🥺 specially if you are also listening to the audiobook while reading. All the feels 😭😭

I set a timelapse to see how I react on the last 30% of the book when he finally met his wife and became a father. Yung akala mo that you will never feel any ounce of happiness, pero there is a pot of gold pala sa finish line 🥹

It’s more heartbreaking to see the photos at the end of the book 🥺 lalo na yung photo with his family. Imagine yung nagkahiwalay kayo during the war tapos hindi mo na alam kung kelan kayo next magkikita or magkikita pa ba kayo 😭

This will definitely be part of my “book that made me sob at 3am” shelve. I want to have a physical copy of this.

Btw, he died last Oct 2021 lang at the age of 101. Who would have thought that he will be a centenarian. After all the hardships during his 20s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Torture

alterdd's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

A story of grief and important life lessons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Murder, Genocide, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Suicide attempt

diaratewi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Death of parent, Racism, Torture, War, Death, and Religious bigotry

scoobygirl93's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Gun violence, Murder, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Blood, Death of parent, Deportation, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, and Slavery

team_mosaic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

such a painful but wonderful read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Murder, Genocide, Torture, Suicide, Physical abuse, Death, Confinement, Antisemitism, War, and Violence

nikmahie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

A witness testimony that really touched me. The stories about what happened to Eddie really struck me, as I could try to imagine them. They were ‘easier’ to try to imagine, than some other witness stories. For example the story about the nights in the barracks, while it was freezing, where the people on the outside had to swap places with the ones on the inside to not freeze to death. The way the author describes everything, and really takes you on a tour around his life and everything that happened… I don’t know, but it hit me hard. And even though the stories are horrendous and unimaginable, and you can feel the despair and sorrow behind every word… the hope at the end is so present during it all. It really makes you rethink your life and let’s you reflect on your life in this society. And while I must admit that I am not that hopeful for the future to come, I am hopeful that I can change my life and that of my family and friends for the better by loving them and being loved in return. 

Thank you, Eddie, for sharing your experiences with the world. And for trying to explain what happened, so we can try our best to not let hate and inhumanity take over again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Torture, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Antisemitism, Grief, Violence, Deportation, Excrement, Genocide, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

savanapavlak's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Torture, Death of parent, Animal death, Death, Suicide, Genocide, Hate crime, and Slavery

ashstrausser's review

challenging dark emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, War, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

ambamsaurus's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Antisemitism, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and War

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Confinement