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The Killer's Tears

(2006, Fiction - Literary Fiction, Written by Anne-Laure Bondoux)

  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 12, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 12.

  • Is it any good?

    4.0

  • Common Sense says

    Bleak award-winner of redemption through love.

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 12–15

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    One of the main characters is a callous murderer.

  • Violence:

    Murders by knife and gun, a fox attacks and is killed, an execution by guillotine, a child attempts suicide.

  • Sex:

    A man and woman spend the night together, and it is implied that a teen and young adult have sex, some kissing.

  • Language:

    Not an issue.

  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Adults smoke and drink, a child has some wine.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The Killer's Tears

Parents need to know that this is a tough, bleak, and rather melancholy fable. A child's parents are murdered in their home by being stabbed in the throat, and a child attempts suicide. A cold-blooded murderer is also a sympathetic character. There is some implied sex and drinking.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the theme of redemption through love. Is it possible for a murderer to become a good person? Could a child love the man who killed his parents? How does the author accomplish making the police seem like the bad guys and the murderer like a good guy?
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  1. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    11prrindle
    I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 5.0
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    I thought it was a clasic tale of love sadness and non-fiction a really good book.

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  2. Kid Reviewer Age 12
    Keirabelle
    Lives in New Jersey
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    I so much cried! I chewed my nails to stubs, while I was reading!

    I LOVED THIS BOOK! I am an eleven year-old, I did not think it was very mature for my age, well the violence gets intense at some points, but it is not Stephen K. violence (Stephen is brillant, but very gory, I don't mind). This was the most dramtic book I've read, ever! I bascily cried forever, I only cried that much about a book, when I read The Boy In Striped Pamjamas! I was so worried like it was in real life, and thinking over the book, I swear I am crying right now. I guess there are some "sugestive" events, but I only think there's one, and most kids would not reconize it, so I think only mostly adults would, so no worries there. I just this to say 7 words and a few sentences: Brilliant, Marvolous, Amazing, Genious, Dramatic, Tear-jerking, Sorrowful. Really makes you think; what is life?, what is good?, what is evil?,are all killer's really villans, or misunderstood?

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