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Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna

8 reviews

astifel21's review

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I don’t read a lot of non-fiction but I spotted this in my library’s Holocaust and Genocide display. Not only is this book non-fiction. It is unusual in that it’s also a graphic novel. It is a powerful and heartbreaking graphic novel, being told via illustrations does not make this subject any lighter. This story is about the author’s family and their life in Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge takeover. Tian was born just 3 days after their takeover so to tell this story he interviewed his parents and relatives about their experiences. He does a stunning job illustrating this tragedy. I highly recommend picking this up but be aware this depicts a genocide. 

Given todays world, I was encouraged that my library had this display up front by the entrance. I beg you to go to your library, expand your knowledge, learn more about our world and the tragedies held in our history. But then also learn from that history. I used to wonder how people could stand by when the Holocaust happened. But given the state of the world today I am less surprised. Instead I ask expand your knowledge, do research, read, and work towards change and a better world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Genocide

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

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

ebxydreambxy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

This book really snuck up on me—I was completely unprepared for how much this graphic novel moved me. (And it’s so captivating—I read it in a single sitting)!

Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of a family’s struggle after the takeover of Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

I think the reason I was so surprised by the power of this story is because I tend to think of myself as who’s more affected by words than images, but Veasna’s illustrations narrate his family’s story so well.

I love the way Veasna begins each chapter with a full-page visual that explains the daily lives of the Khmer people.

I learned so much about the Khmer people from reading Year of the Rabbit, so I’m hoping this will be the start of me reading more books by Asian authors who are underrepresented within the API community.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Violence