Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Flowers of Fire by Hawon Jung

3 reviews

whatannikareads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

very insightful and well researched. it is so important that this book exists. i hope it’ll be translated to korean one day! solidarity to all koreans of all genders who’ve fallen victim to discrimination, sexual violence and have been silenced. 모든 사람들이 중요하고 항상 응원할게요!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Homophobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Rape, and Transphobia

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

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