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daddylonglegz's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder
carleesi's review against another edition
It’s maybe 30% true (being generous) and sometimes interesting but I was done with reading his egotistical ramblings. Lots of people have covered how ludicrous it is that he’s told a story of everyone adoring him and sacrificing themselves to help him over and over again.
I wouldn’t recommend this book at all, I think it had its time and there are now much better adventures out there to read.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, and Violence
seforaflorian's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
camila22's review against another edition
4.0
La escritura de H. Charrière no se destaca por su complejidad ni mucho menos por el ritmo del relato - hasta que uno se acostumbra es bastante denso -, pero sí por la crudeza y severidad con la que expone al Sistema Penitenciario del siglo XX. Trece años de encierro marcados por una violencia institucional implacable, cuyo objetivo principal fue asfixiar todo vestigio de humanidad en sus presos. De momentos es un libro de terror, pero el protagonista siempre parte de la misma consigna: ser libre.
Papillon fue un hombre que a pesar de todas las adversidades inimaginables, nunca dejó de luchar por conseguir su libertad. En sus peores momentos se recordaba "Debo repetir en cada ocasión que esté a punto de abandonarme a la desesperación, tres veces, esta frase: «Mientras hay vida, hay esperanza.»". Una persona que en su perseverancia y autovalía finalmente logró vencer el camino de la podredumbre.
Graphic: Violence
im_just_m's review against another edition
Graphic: Chronic illness
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content and Murder
katzilla99's review against another edition
2.0
This story had good examples of hope, hard work, and adventure, but not one that I would recommend to anyone or ever reread.
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail