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

5 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

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This is the second book I read about the events that happened in Cambodia (this first was Survival In The Killing Fields - I actually recommend you start with that one as it gives so much extra context to experience things from an adult perspective first).

This book was pretty powerful. Seeing the chaos and hardships through the eyes of the most vulnerable (a little girl) was an eye opening experience. I respect the authors strength and bravery during those times. This book is about a family trying to stay together and survive during a collapse of their society. It's easy and enjoyable to read but the heavy content makes is challenging at times. It's written so vividly that you feel as though it's fiction.

It's crazy that this happened not so long ago. This book truly illustrates the dangers of communism and a tyrannical government. I'd recommend this book to anyone who is interested in crimes against humanity and recent history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Vomit

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

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

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder