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While the story is definitely beset with extremely sad, unfortunate events and outcomes, itâs also one of hope, self-improvement, and the betterment of an entire community. (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? AmazonUIPageJS : P).load.js('https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31Q4RNPCjTL.js?AUIClients/MonthlyPaymentsDetailPageAssets&X6KuZNYM#mobile.us.209620-T1'); Men beat up women, children join gangs and steal and beat up other gang members, there is a major dependence on alcohol. âAlan Duff's novel Once Were Warriors, first published in 1991, made an immediate and profound emotional impact, more for its perceived realism than for its literary merit. At first the language style was difficult to read but it became part of the power of the book. I rewatched the movie for the first time last night and, even though this is a book site not a movie site, thought I'd add a review. 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