Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina

4 reviews

sofiadanielle's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Ah, a lot to unpack in this book from the relationship a mixed child has with their two cultures, the feeling of being ‘othered’ for not being White, the rocky relationship of an immigrant mother with her daughter, the history of Okinawa…

It’s a bit heavy, I won’t lie. I saw some of my my own habits, thoughts, emotions, all laid out in front of me in this book, as a first generation Asian child born in America. I saw my mother and I in Elizabeth and her mother, even when I wish I couldn’t. I understand her emotions, why she went through some of the situations she did, when you just want to say: well, why would you ever do that?

Beautiful read. I find the second half to be more moving. I hope to find peace with my mother in the way Brina managed, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, and War

laceyc1's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, War, Colonisation, and Racism

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

kathshiroma's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racial slurs, Self harm, and Murder

george_tte's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Xenophobia