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melisahebe's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.75
ealtschuler's review against another edition
4.0
Never been incredibly into graphic novels, but this was a great combination of beautiful images and deep and thought-provoking content.
taketwolu's review against another edition
This graphic novel memoir touches on Jacob’s life, topics of race, difficult questions from her mixed race son, family, and more. We jump between Jacob’s childhood, to mixed messages about love and race, the lingerings of 9/11, marriage, and the Trump administration through various snippets of conversations. Style wise, I loved seeing illustrated people contrasted by realistic background images. Overall, this was a thought-provoking, humor-filled, deep read that embraces and validates uncomfortable topics.
planetakarina's review against another edition
dark
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hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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4.75
ash_among_the_stars's review against another edition
hopeful
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5.0
The emotion and heart that Mira put into this book was palpable. Ngā mihi nui. ❤️
alexithymiac's review against another edition
A phenomenal book I'd recommend to anyone.
tessagoth's review against another edition
challenging
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5.0
One hell of an educational graphic novel about talking to your child of color about how they're perceived and treated in America. She doesn't give you answers or provide guidance, this is more a reflection on where she first experienced biases, how & what she and her friends of color think about it, how she chooses to respond to those she encounters daily, and finally how she answers her son's blossoming curiosity. It's a perspective I appreciate learning more about as we, hopefully, move towards a more inclusive society.
mitskacir's review against another edition
5.0
Wow this was amazing (it would be wonderful to pair this with Malaka Gharib's "[b:I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir|40909448|I Was Their American Dream A Graphic Memoir|Malaka Gharib|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1550606451l/40909448._SY75_.jpg|63779141]"). Jacob sets up small scenes that hit so fully and deeply even if they are only a few pages and a dozen speech bubbles long. In particular, I found Jacob's dialogues on colorism within the Indian community and her relationship with her husband and her in-laws after her in-laws voted for Trump very thought (and feeling) provoking. Unlike Gharib's book, I didn't feel like the art was very compelling in and of itself as a form of storytelling (the images are repetitious), but I was shocked by how effective I ultimately felt the art was (the way they were placed and timed to create space and emphasis was fantastic).
daumari's review against another edition
5.0
I read the original Buzzfeed piece that inspired this a while back, and I'm very glad to find the longer, graphic novel memoir is just as good.
As someone who also was the only one of X background growing up in a western town, and who will have mixed race kids I found this really resonant. The art style is sparse, but that draws more attention to the dialogue/text between Mira and the people in her life. Colorism in both the Indian community and America's perception of who is 'really from here' are a repeating motif (that unfortunately just... always exists IRL).
This is also going to be one of those books I recommend to white folks who might not've had the realization that their experience isn't the universal one and that for some Americans, getting questioned about the spaces we occupy is a 'normal' occurrence, or that very unsatisfactory yet unsurprising "I told you so" re: the dread from election night 2016's results.
As someone who also was the only one of X background growing up in a western town, and who will have mixed race kids I found this really resonant. The art style is sparse, but that draws more attention to the dialogue/text between Mira and the people in her life. Colorism in both the Indian community and America's perception of who is 'really from here' are a repeating motif (that unfortunately just... always exists IRL).
This is also going to be one of those books I recommend to white folks who might not've had the realization that their experience isn't the universal one and that for some Americans, getting questioned about the spaces we occupy is a 'normal' occurrence, or that very unsatisfactory yet unsurprising "I told you so" re: the dread from election night 2016's results.