418 reviews for:

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir

Elizabeth Miki Brina

4.24 AVERAGE

itsgwenworld's review

5.0

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no rating

elienore's review

3.75

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

mrussell03's review against another edition

4.5

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I read this after looking for a book on the history of Okinawa and surprise surprise this was the only one I could find that wasn’t just about the battle of Okinawa. The straightforward awareness and language the author uses to describe her life, her parents lives and the lives of people on Okinawa was deeply touching. I loved the moving around in time to tell multiple interwoven stories. 

liliananoelle's review

4.75

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Such an excellent memoir oh my god 

vanessacorwin's review

4.75

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

betag1013's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Classism

glorianakafu's review

4.75

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

gabriellermurph's review against another edition

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Soft DNF, will return to this!

emyheart's review

4.25

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

bookishbulletin's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced