Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Góry śpiewają by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

42 reviews

feralbookwife's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Sexism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Death of parent

renfdes's review against another edition

4.75

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, War

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Rape

bouebooks's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

wy_woman's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation

Minor: Child death, Rape, Abortion, Alcohol

ok7a's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Murder, Abandonment, War

Moderate: Cancer, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent

tumbleweedreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Abortion, Pregnancy

Minor: Chronic illness, Excrement

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War

marjoleinvanderspoel's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Lyrical and enchanting, The Mountains Sing tells the history of a whole country through the tale of two generations of women. A must read! Quê' Mai details a large part of the atrocities committed during the Vietnam war with painstaking care, covering everything from PTSD to the devastating impact of chemical warfare. At the same time, this story is filled with love, hope and compassion. The language is just beautiful and you can really tell that the author also writes poetry. The only issue I had with the book was that the pacing was a little off at times. The resolution came too quick, which undermined the build up that the two different time lines were supposed to set up. I think the book could have benefited from a few extra chapters, especially in Diêu Lan's perspective. My rating would be 4.5 stars if possible but will round up because I still really enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Miscarriage, Rape, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Vomit

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cursing, Rape, Abortion, Alcohol, Colonisation

Minor: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization