Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

17 reviews

dixiecarroll's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

5.0

um HELLO? One of the best books of all time??? Good Talk is a memoir told as a graphic novel about Mira Jacob’s experience growing up as a first generation Indian woman in America. I laughed so much and then suddenly I was crying … simply stunning and everyone should read it immediately 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death of parent, Grief, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Racism, and Xenophobia

popsicleplease's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, Child death, and Islamophobia

booksandteatime's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Police brutality, Colonisation, Islamophobia, Biphobia, Antisemitism, Child death, Xenophobia, Cancer, and Racism

robinks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.75

I only docked a quarter of a star because I didn’t really like the style the people were drawn in (although I did like the compositions with the photo backgrounds), and the order of the chapters was not chronological, making it a little confusing. Otherwise, Z is such a gem, and I’m glad Jacob was able to capture exactly the incessant questioning and curiosity of a child.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Islamophobia

Minor: Cancer and Antisemitism

hngisreading's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Death of parent, Cancer, and Racism

naleyisms's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: Homophobia, Cancer, Death of parent, and Islamophobia

readbycarina's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Islamophobia

Minor: Death of parent, Police brutality, and Biphobia

jackelz's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective

First of all, I love the format of this graphic novel. It truly is very conversational and I loved the way she imposed drawings over photographs. Second, I’m sad it took me so long to finally read this. The dialogue is funny yet serious, as it covers a wide range of difficult topics such as race, sex, love, and family. All of these conversations are so relevant and important and affect us all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use, Cancer, and Death of parent

ariam's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Grief, and Terminal illness

francestea's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Wow! Ok in three words this graphic novel was: unique, engrossing, and moving. I loved the collage-like style of photos mixed with the authors drawings. The simple, balanced page layouts were very appealing and easy to read. I found her use of the same faces being used to represent different yet similar types of people really clever and funny. I also fully teared up several times despite it being a quick read; the writing is so honest. It looks like her first novel is very well reviewed too so I look forward to reading more from her this year! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Death of parent, and Islamophobia