Reviews tagging 'War'

Маленькая страна by Gaël Faye

25 reviews

ron1's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

The Rwanda genocide is covered in this book.

katiecentabar's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and War

kiarra_s's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Gabriel's story starts off lighthearted and cute. I had a couple laughs in the beginning, and I really enjoyed the descriptions of what his childhood was like. The story quickly becomes dark, however, when the war/genocide ensue. The author did an incredible job depicting everything, especially the way the characters developed in the aftermath.

"Perhaps this was what war meant: understanding nothing."

I can't agree more! I'm walking away from this book with a lot on my heart and mind, but the deep-seated hatred of a group of people/the genocide of a people is truly incomprehensible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Xenophobia, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death, Racism, and Death of parent

melvilp's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and War

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was a beautiful but absolutely heart wrenching story to read. You knew from the start that horrific events were going to happen, and you were just waiting for them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Rape, and Death of parent

stellahadz's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

L'histoire émouvante d'un jeune garçon qui grandit dans l'ombre du génocide rwandais et de la guerre civile burundaise. Ce serait un bon roman à explorer dans un cours d'histoire ou de français au secondaire. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

jj2020's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Genocide, Racism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Gun violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

taravvr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Violence, and War

alicebodnar's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and War

paperquilt's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail