Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Tastes Like War: A Memoir by Grace M. Cho

4 reviews

counciloffrogs's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.0

I don’t think this book is well executed. It holds an absurd amount of knowledge, history, challenging topics, family stories, little anecdotes, and I think that so many of them are truly effective. The problem is that there is seemingly no organization. I mean, honestly, I’d need to write out a timeline to have any idea where things actually fall in relation to one another, and that isn’t a great quality for a book trying to educate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Bullying, and War

sarahelem's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I read this and thought about my American education, and how roughly 10 minutes of my entire school career was dedicated to the Korean War's impact on citizens, and even less on Asian immigrants from Korea to the United States. 

This memoir is incredibly eye-opening, challenging at all points, but in my opinion, essential reading. We need to amplify these voices. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Child death, Xenophobia, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Racism, Excrement, Confinement, Chronic illness, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Colonisation, War, Violence, Sexism, Mental illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, and Grief

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

as always, it's a tad bit odd for me to add my thoughts to a memoir and this one is especially hard because it not only deals with the author herself, but with the authors mother in a deeply intimate way. i cant even begin to imagine how hard it must have been to write this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Classism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Ableism, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, War, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia

ecn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Racism, Genocide, Sexual violence, Biphobia, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Rape, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Xenophobia, and Suicidal thoughts