Reviews tagging 'Murder'

You Will Not Have My Hate by Sam Taylor, Antoine Leiris

4 reviews

bashsbooks's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

You Will Not Have My Hate is a poetic reflection on a violent, sudden, and tragic loss. Leiris invites the reader in to his world (and his son's) after losing beloved wife and mother Hélène to the November 2013 terrorist attacks. Leiris has such a fine and visceral way of describing grief, of showing how he felt it so acutely. I was most taken by the part where he asks if he will have the right to be a complex and nuanced person after this tragedy and the subsequent popularity of his Facebook post addressed to the culprits. 

If I had one criticism, it would be that at times, Leiris seems to refer to his wife as if she were a lost possession of his and Melvil, or to suggest that his grief was somehow greater than that of her other close loved ones, like her mother. I don't know if that's a translation thing or what. But it struck me as awkward, and it happened more than once.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

-Terrorism

akacasper24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

winterdelight's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

“I want him to hear, his ear to my chest, my voice telling him my sorrow. I want him to feel my muscles tensed by the gravity of this moment. I want the beating of my heart to reassure him: life will go on.”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Hate crime

jodierose14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder