Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Nuclear Family by Joseph Han

3 reviews

ka_cam's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Interesting take on family, ancestor connection, siblings, immigration, belonging, and reverberating trauma among Koreans related to the war and ongoing conflict and division. I enjoyed the more experimental pieces, and I always enjoy a deceased narrator. I felt the book climaxed then had a hard time maintaining or resolving the energy in the later part of the book, but ultimately really enjoyed the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, War, Grief, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Alcoholism, Dementia, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, and Gun violence

auudrey's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Read a physical copy if you can. I read this on my e-reader and found myself wanting a more tactile experience. There’s a lot of beautiful prose that I wanted to underline, that I’ll be returning to. I would not recommend experiencing this as an audio book. Han does some cool format breaking things in text you have to see to appreciate, plus I think the pacing of this book would make it a hard/less than engaging listen

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual content

internationalreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, War, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Abandonment, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Violence