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simmo391's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
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4.0
A very touching and emotional book it bought a tear to my eye. The pictures included in this book are an amazing touch as it puts a face to the lives I am learning about and gives that extra connection to their story.
mwplante's review against another edition
5.0
As much as her first, intensely tragic book moved me, Loung Ung's Lucky Child has influenced me even more. With this book, she single-handedly ignited my specific interest in the refugee experience as an anthropologist, and sparked my personal love affair with Asian-American culture and tales of Asian-American experience. Everyone who lives in America should read this book.
d52s's review against another edition
4.0
This was good, an interesting contrast of two sister's lives. I didn't realize this was a sequel to her first book, which I would have like to have read first. I think that would have made it even more gripping, but overall a good portrayal of the main character overcoming her demons from her experience in Cambodia, and coming to terms with her estranged family.
justicepirate's review against another edition
3.0
This is the sequel book to "First They Killed My Father" and it wasn't as good, sadly. I actually really loved the first book. This was not bad, but it left me pretty bored at times. Make sure that you don't read this book without reading the first one first. It will be helpful as there are many names mentioned throughout that you adjust more easily to remembering from reading the first book. This book also alludes to a lot of mentioned memories from the first book that you can fully grasp in knowing what happened in full (or you might get confused or lost).
Loung goes to America due to being sponsored by people in Vermont who reach out to refugees to give them opportunities for success. Her eldest brother Meng and his wife go as well. It reveals how Loung adjusted to her new life while still haunted by her time dealing with surviving the Khmer Rouge, which 4 of her family members fell victim to death in (her parents and two sisters). Now separated from her older sister Chou, we also learn of what life is like for Chou who was left behind in Cambodia with brothers Khouy and Kim. We get to understand both of their feelings and experiences and how very differently their lives were, but how connected they could continue to be.
Loung goes to America due to being sponsored by people in Vermont who reach out to refugees to give them opportunities for success. Her eldest brother Meng and his wife go as well. It reveals how Loung adjusted to her new life while still haunted by her time dealing with surviving the Khmer Rouge, which 4 of her family members fell victim to death in (her parents and two sisters). Now separated from her older sister Chou, we also learn of what life is like for Chou who was left behind in Cambodia with brothers Khouy and Kim. We get to understand both of their feelings and experiences and how very differently their lives were, but how connected they could continue to be.
hanntastic's review against another edition
4.0
Global Read 33: Cambodia
In trying to find a book from Cambodia, I read that there are no publishers in Cambodia. The article was from a few years ago, but it might explain why all the books I can find are memoirs about the genocide. This was fascinating in that it compared the experience of one sister who stayed in Cambodia and one who got out, and the feelings that go along with reuniting. It was really well written.
In trying to find a book from Cambodia, I read that there are no publishers in Cambodia. The article was from a few years ago, but it might explain why all the books I can find are memoirs about the genocide. This was fascinating in that it compared the experience of one sister who stayed in Cambodia and one who got out, and the feelings that go along with reuniting. It was really well written.
ratproofed's review against another edition
dark
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4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Genocide, Child death, Blood, War, Racism, Grief, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Vomit
gracelynnreads's review against another edition
challenging
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4.0
xxstefaniereadsxx's review against another edition
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3.0
This book is by the same author of First They Killed My Father, Loung Ung. In the other book, she describes her experiences in Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge took over. She talks about how she was separated from various members of her family, including her siblings. In this book, she recounts some of those experiences. She talks about how she and her older brother moved to the United States, and the struggles she had with a new culture, new language, and new people. The book also follows the life of her sister, who remained in Cambodia, and how different their lives where. It took them fifteen years to reunite, and that was a moving story. There is a third book by this author that I would like to read. I highly recommend these books for people interested in the Khmer Rouge and Asian history.