Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

70 reviews

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

meganpbell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Through luminous and enchanting fairy tale retellings, the young American-born Tiến connects with his mother, who emigrated from Vietnam, as he struggles to come out to her. What a thoroughly enchanting, quietly moving, and engagingly beautiful tale, touching on so many aspects of the queer and immigrant experiences in such powerful and transformative ways!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

dexkit10's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Confinement and War

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

bexi's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, and Abandonment

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

Don't mind me, just literally crying over everything about this book 🥺
The art had me from page 1, and if possible, it just got even more beautiful. I loved the use of color to help move between the fairytale, the modern, and the flashbacks. And of course, the overarching story has me crying, but it's in a cathartic way ♡
I can't recommend this enough, regardless of what you usually read ♡ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Hate crime, and Cannibalism

pastelkerstin's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and War

conversion therapy

mycarefulcardinal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Such a nostalgic book. Growing up, I had watched and heard renditions of  Tấm Cám . This is definitely a different version from what I have heard and watched before in my childhood, but has that same element of gore in the end that Disney would not approve of. I found it warm how Helen changed the ending of The Little Mermaid to segue into showing Tiến how she supports and loves him. I love the áo dài  in Tấm Cám. Represent!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Religious bigotry

natcortes's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent