Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

87 reviews

jennazim's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Cannibalism

emily_dunn's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

mokkekitty's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death of parent and War

Minor: Hate crime and Cannibalism

palmkd's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This is a touching story about relationships and family. Tiến's parents immigrated from Vietnam to the US. They speak a mix of languages at home and sometimes it's hard to find the right words in the right language. They read stories together which is a way to practice the language, but also a way to come together.

This story focuses mainly on Tiến and his mom, but is sprinkled with fairy tales, including some gritty dark ones, to highlight some great truths.

Highly recommend!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Blood and War

Minor: Cannibalism

pheebabeeba_'s review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

beautiful art. touching story. I loved the fairytales in between as well. I found them magical and dark but also very beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism and Murder

gillianengelbrecht's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Outing

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Abandonment, and War

chalchiuhtli's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

A masterful story woven with metaphor, a tale of how tales serve as their own language when the languages you speak don’t have the words you need. Very layered and beautiful narrative expressed in layered and beautiful artwork.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Homophobia

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Blood and Cannibalism

meanthumb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? N/A

4.5

wonderful read. flew through this book in two days. had to stifle my sobs bc im a #childofvietnameserefugees and #lgbtq+, so reading this at work was kind of a mistake lol. some parts are a bit darker than i anticipated and i enjoyed that i think. i do feel like the overall story could have been more cohesive, but im not upset about it at all because the drawings were beautiful and the transitions from IRL to fairytale were very smooth. 

thoroughly enjoyed the ending BTS pages too. i love how the author treated the illustrations as the actual text and designed the characters and landscape of the fairytales based on how each character reading the story views the world. love the costume designs that came along with this thought process. 

adding this here bc this line impacted me the most and i want to remember it: page 112 "This little book took me eight years to earn. Was it worth the last eight years of my mother's life? And what sort of daughter does that make me?

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism

coolfoolmoon's review

emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

4.75

Trung Le Nguyen you have a fan in me for life for the art style alone. It felt like I was watching a film. It's so vibrant! For life!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Outing

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Incest and Cannibalism

cyberhavok's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia and War