Reviews

Ghosts of War in Vietnam by Heonik Kwon

mshen42's review

challenging informative slow-paced

2.0

Very technical and formal analysis of ghosts in Vietnam. 

jbogerhawkins's review

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

sonygaystation's review

4.0

I read this book for one of my Anthropology classes. I enjoyed the content a lot, it was so interesting to me reading about how the Vietnamese see ghosts (especially in comparison to the notion of ghosts in America) and how the Vietnam War really affected that. At times it was really hard to get through because the discussion was so academic but when he stopped talking about Communism (and maybe it's just my dislike of reading about Communism!!) and started discussing more of the actual accounts of his/the Vietnamese people's experiences, it was so much more interesting and enjoyable to read. It made for some good class discussion and I find myself relating much of what I talk about in class on a day-to-day basis back to this book.