Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Butterfly Yellow by Thanhhà Lại

3 reviews

maple_dove's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Excrement and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War and Kidnapping

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Racism, and Xenophobia

The MC is a refugee from the Vietnam War, and the novel takes place in 1981, with flashbacks to her previous life in Vietnam with her family and her escape by boat. Strong war themes and post-traumatic stress symptoms.

zinelib's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Hằng, an 18-year-old Viet Nam war orphan has endured hunger, pain, and loss to get to Texas to rescue her brother who was kidnapped years ago from her very arms. She is single-minded in her purpose, with no patience for her uncle's effort to legally adopt 11-year-old Linh. The universe, in the form of an elderly couple at a rest stop, connects Hằng with would-be cowboy LeeRoy, whose greatest desire is to stay on a bucking bronco for more than 8 seconds.

No one in this story gets their exact wish, and there are some politically troubling elements, but in the end, everyone gets what they need.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Body horror