Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Flowers of Fire by Hawon Jung

5 reviews

butterymax's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

This should be required reading for anyone who is into hallyu. I have been a fan of kpop and other various Korean exports for years and didn't realize how much I didn't know until this book. Wow. I have a totally new perspective on the political and cultural landscape of the country. Amazingly informative. So hard to read at times. It took me about three weeks because I kept having to take breaks because of how difficult some of the content was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abortion, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, and Incest

Minor: Stalking and Ableism

All the tagged content is handled sensitively, but it's still very hard to read! Take care.

chwinters's review

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Heavy topics; engaging, current, and fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Eating disorder, Suicide, Transphobia, and Murder

Definitely, definitely read. re: triggers: due to the history of South Korea’s feminist movement, sexual abuse is the biggest trigger here.

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Reading this book was depressing and shocking. Felt like my home country was full of incels and  homophobes that ruled the nation. At this point, it’s harder to say whether South Korea or Texas/Florida is more oppressive. It also further confirmed to me the damage done by Japanese colonialism and US imperialism. Reading this book made me feel ashamed to call myself Korean. It also helped make a lot more sense of my childhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Dysphoria, Incest, War, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Outing, Pedophilia, Rape, Dementia, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Colonisation, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, Biphobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Infertility

linguaphile412's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Stalking, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Incest, Transphobia, Murder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Rape, and Suicide

Minor: Dysphoria

reallycooper's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Incest, Misogyny, Stalking, Transphobia, Violence, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Death, Gaslighting, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abandonment and Abortion

Minor: Dysphoria