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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung
20 reviews
alexisgarcia's review against another edition
5.0
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
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and War
term_free's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Genocide, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and War
paperlove's review against another edition
4.25
Die Erzählung ist sehr einnehmend aus Kindersicht der Autorin geschrieben, und war für mich emotional manchmal nur schwer zu ertragen. Von Völkermord, Zwangsarbeit, bis hin zu sexuellem Missbrauch und Tod ist wirklich alles dabei, was nicht nur die Autorin und ihre Familie, sondern das die Bevölkerung von Kambodscha damals ertragen musste.
Anders als in einigen Rezensionen kritisch erwähnt, hat mich der Schreibstil überhaupt nicht gestört, sondern sogar eher dazu geführt, dass ich manchmal den Eindruck hatte, das Geschehen hautnah mitzuerleben - mit all seinen schrecklichen Facetten.
Ich hätte mir allerdings gewünscht, dass man ein paar wenige historische Hintergründe zu den Motiven der roten Khmer erfährt. Für mich war nicht ganz klar, welches Ziel sie verfolgen und warum sie Millionen ihrer eigenen Landsleute entweder ermorden, oder unter unter schrecklichen Umständen infolge Krankheiten oder Hunger sterben lassen. Es gibt dafür natürlich absolut keine Rechtfertigung, und dennoch hätte es mir geholfen, ihre Taten aus ihrer Sicht besser einzuordnen.
Alles in allem aber eine sehr empfehlenswerte Erzählung, die ich vermutlich nicht mehr so schnell vergessen werde.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Rape, Death of parent, Murder, and War
mer3bear's review against another edition
First They Killed My Father is a super captivating narrative and (autobiographical) account of a girl who is 5 years old in Phnom Penh when the genocide starts in Cambodia. Very interesting read bc my mom is from Phnomh Penh turned 6 the month the invasion happened. While the narration being from a child’s point of view threw me off at first, it ended up growing on me and I think it added a lot to the writing. I have a hard time critiquing stories like this because obviously it is based off real experience. A lot of the book especially in the dialogue serves to educate the reader (presumably non-Cambodian Americans) about the cambodian genocide and so I feel like because I already know all of that stuff it didn’t give me the same emotional reaction that I know other people had.
Graphic: Genocide and Violence
Moderate: Racism and Rape
Minor: Vomit
gaeliloveweiss's review against another edition
5.0
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
swjessie10's review against another edition
5.0
It was both hard to put down (because I wanted to keep reading) and something I needed to put down to give myself an emotional break.
There are some gruesome details regarding the killings and attacks, painting a picture in your mind.
I learned so much about the Khmer Rouge as well as Cambodian culture before, during and after the Khmer Rouge.
Graphic: Genocide, Murder, and War
Moderate: Rape
nanabells's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and War
alexandrias_library's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Rape, Medical trauma, and Deportation
Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and Cannibalism
beccalove's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail