Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

6 reviews

tinyjude's review

dark emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

A really beautiful book that focuses on the relationship between a mother and her son, language barriers, feeling isolated and not truly belonging to one place due to forceful migration and colonisation; and how they are able to understand and support each other through fairy tails such as Cinderella and The Little Mermaid. It was beautiful and fascinating to see the different depictions of the same tale depending on the cultural context. The colour palette was used with such creativity, helping the reader identify the past (yellow), the present (red) and the stories within the main story (blue) with complexity and beautiful details. I found myself instantly attached to the characters and the story. It was beautifully crafted and it couldn't come to me in a most precious and sad time to help me too.

The tale she narrates to her child at the end couldn't have been better. I was sobbing and wrecked. So touching.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Murder, and Outing

Moderate: Genocide, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Gore and Blood

sapphic_alpaca's review

adventurous emotional hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Death of parent

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

temporarilyhuman's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Outing

lilmor's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Outing

abbiesdigitallibrary's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder