Reviews tagging 'Death'

Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna

9 reviews

devynreadsnovels's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Death, Medical content, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Child death, Police brutality, Violence, Death of parent, Deportation, and Genocide

koreanlinda's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.75

My usual limit of star ratings for a comic book is 4.0, but this one scored 4.75. This is one of the most condensed historical account told in graphic novel. It reminded me of Persepolis, but this book is even denser. 

The book is filled with terror committed by Khmer Rouge page after page. It was so unbearable for me to witness the atrocity, even in drawings, that I had to take frequent breaks throughout the read. I'm very glad I read it though because I learned a lot about the painful history of Cambodia, which I knew very little before. The book is also filled with acts of kindness. Even in the most scary state of situations, kind people share what they have and help in the ways they can. The story wrecks your faith in humanity over and over while it also brings it back to you over and over. I strongly recommend this book to all people, especially students who are learning modern history of Cambodia or Asia at large.
 
Review by Linda (she/they) in Oct 2023
Essay writer at DefinitelyNotOkay.com 
Podcaster at AmericanKsisters.com

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Genocide, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Slavery, War, Trafficking, and Police brutality

dananana's review

dark emotional

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Violence, and War

ce_read's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death of parent, Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Pregnancy, Excrement, and Medical content

clarabooksit's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Police brutality, Slavery, Murder, War, Genocide, Death, Violence, Classism, and Blood

Minor: Rape

treestostars's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Genocide, and Murder

robinks's review

challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.75

I saw the show Cambodian Rock Band, which also spoke about the horrors the Khmer Rouge inflicted on the people of Cambodia. It is so shocking and heartbreaking that these events really happened, and it makes me wonder about humane ways to implement communist ideology. My only critique is that there wasn’t much clarity about how much time passed between chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Body horror, Torture, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and War

Minor: Pregnancy, Colonisation, Child death, Excrement, Rape, and Trafficking

daniellekat's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This book was excellent. Such a beautiful and compelling way to tell a difficult story. The major points that held it back from being a 5 star book for me were:
1. The ending wrapped up so fast! It felt so unsatisfying especially since the middle moved so slowly. 
2. It was a little challenging trying to keep up with the “cast of characters”. Some of the storylines jumped around and it was a bit confusing to keep track who was family, friend or foe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Confinement, Murder, and Death

krys_kilz's review

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, and Kidnapping