"Blood Diamonds" by Greg Campbell (Parent Guide)

                Blood Diamonds Parent Guide

ONLY FOR ADULTS (CONTAINS VERY HEAVY VIOLENCE,

HEAVY PROFANITY)

Positive Messages: 5/10

This is actually very hard to say, as it's got good things and bad things. It definitely condemns the use of Blood Diamonds, De Beers, and the world for not listening to Sierra Leone's appeal for peace and happiness. But I don't agree with everything that Greg Campbell says.

But then, there's no book, or movie which you entirely agree with so it's okay.

Positive Role Models: 5/10

Very hard to say: On one hand there's Greg Campbell and all the people whom he talked to who braved the war, but on the other hand, there's the RUF, the UN "Peacekeepers", the Nigerians, etc. who all commit atrocities. So again there's a divided mind.

Profanity: 7/10

Profanity is strong in this book.

9 uses of F**k and it's derivatives, 4 uses of S**t and it's derivatives, 1 of Bal*s, 1 of As*ho*e, 1 of Goddamn.

Sex & Nudity: 3/10

Occasionally people are nude, but only forced and mostly they are already dead. Infrequent references to rape, prostitutes, etc.

Drinking: 2/10

Very infrequent.

Smoking/Drugs: 7/10

Medium Smoking, Very heavy Drugs. All the RUF child soldiers/soldiers use drugs very heavily.

Violence/Gore: 10/10

Very heavy gore, medium violence. The RUF and the other armies commit unimaginable atrocities; such as cutting pregnant women's bellies open, taking out the fetus and killing it, cutting babies in half, and probably the most of all, cutting the hands and arms off of people.

Frightening/Intense: 1/10

Not very much, as this book is non-fiction.

Mood: DARK

This book is gut-wrenching and absolutely heart-breaking, and it might help you to be grateful for what you have and stop complaining about everything when you see what these people went through and they still don't complain.

ONLY FOR ADULTS BECAUSE OF VERY HEAVY VIOLENCE AND HEAVY PROFANITY.