Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung

15 reviews

madamelacy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

An emotionally difficult read, but also something that I felt that I needed to learn about before visiting Cambodia. Blows my mind that this happened in my lifetime. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

this book was a very hard thing to read. it includes almost every content warning you can imagine. I can't believe i did not learn about this in any of my schooling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

trs01's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and War

gaeliloveweiss's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

nikafreeka's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.75

An incredibly powerful book. I can’t believe that millions of people had similar experiences. I only took of 1/4 of a point because it was upsetting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

abbie_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Heartbreaking portrayal of the brutality of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, as seen through the eyes of a child. It’s occasionally repetitive given the author was a child at the time, so some of her memories likely lack the depth those an adult might have, but seeing the violence through the eyes of such a young girl also serves to amplify. Honestly devastating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

whatannikareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

a very important, hard read. definite warnings if you can't read about blood, genocide, murder, but i'm grateful that she didn't sugarcoat the atrocities committed on the cambodian people. we all know genocide and war is bad, but it's books like these that humanize the victims and give us vivid insight into what happened to them. how the effects of war stay with you forever. i hope ung's family members who were murdered have found peace; a book like this is a blessing that exists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

m4rtt4's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Heartbreaking, well-written, emotional, important. ANOTHER CATASTROPHIC CONFLICT OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS DECIDED TO IGNORE smh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Excrement, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

zakcebulski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War