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distraughtplant's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Excrement
Moderate: Addiction, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, and Alcohol
Minor: Xenophobia and War
solobjo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and War
Moderate: Animal death and Abortion
rose_reads_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Blood, Excrement, Car accident, Abortion, Alcohol, and Colonisation
ilona222's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Animal death and War
lucinotlucy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Abortion, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
paulawind's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I am an emigrant myself (though from much more fortunate circumstances) so I often related to what Little Dog was saying about the duality which develops in you - the link in your ancestral and new culture.
This book tackles many issues but the one which shines through most (or rather hangs on characters like an illness) is the intergenerational trauma and how it impacted every member of Little Dog’s family.
I cried so much reading this novel and yet it firmly places in top 5 (maybe even top 3) of my 2021 reads.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content
anyname's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and Abortion
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Blood, Abandonment, and War
Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, and Medical content
alyssadavis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The children, the veal, they stand very still because tenderness depends on
how little the world touches you. To stay tender, the weight of your
life cannot lean on your bones.
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content
mel_sh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
5.0
the words are honestly failing me right now
this book transcends everything that we know about what a novel should look like and transforms it into one of the most gut wrenching and lyrical reading experiences i’ve ever had. as the daughter of two immigrants of war, there was so much that hit close to home for me and as someone who didn’t know much about the Vietnam war, there is so much that i was able to learn. there are so many quotes i could have included in here, this whole book was just an absolute masterpiece.
“I am writing because they told me to never start a sentence with because. But I wasn't trying to make a sentence—I was trying to break free. Because freedom, I am told, is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey.”
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War
ethab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and War
Moderate: Blood and Vomit
Minor: Cancer