Reviews with content warning for Xenophobia - Displacement

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mel_muses's review

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emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

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

4.5

This was incredibly well done from the art to the writing and the messages. An essential read.

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handful_of_frogs's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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craftingcatlady's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

A wonderfully wrote graphic novel about a girl in the 2020’s America that travels (displaced) to 1940’s Japanese Interment Camps alongside a young version of her grandmother. She lives life in the camps and experiences what life was like for Japanese American’s during World War II.

This graphic novel are beautifully illustrated. And it draws parallels between the paranoia and xenophobic sentiments of the 1940’s to modern day in the 2020’s. And offers hope that we can prevent history from repeating itself, if we are brave enough to take a stand, and research all parts of our history (the good, the bad, and the ugly).

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carriepond's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Displacement by Kiku Hughes is a graphic novel about a girl, Kiku, who is pulled back in time to the Japanese internment camps where her grandmother's family was forcibly relocated. Kiku's displacements are even more jarring juxtaposed with her present day, where then-President Trump and his Republican peers defend Muslim travel bans and family separation policies.

Hughes notes that she drew inspiration from Octavia Butler's Kindred, which I love. Though it doesn't match the genius of Butler's novel, Hughes deftly applies the forced time travel concept to explore the forcible relocation of her family and thousands of other American citizens, which isn't something that was discussed much (if at all) when I was a teen. I like how Hughes also ties the displacement to memory and familial connection, serving as a reclaiming of history that her family felt they had to abandon to gain acceptance and safety in the U.S.

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sweetsouthwest's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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smilagros's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

“ Being in the future meant very little when my education on the past was so limited“. This is one of my favorite graphic novels of all time. I wish more people would talk about it because wow. It was beautiful illustrations and the story was not a history book even though it’s about history. I cannot recommend this graphic novel enough.

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robinks's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I had a feeling this book would be quite sad and informative about history, but I was surprised by the incorporation of current struggles and recognition of various forms of resistance.

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