Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Todo lo que pudimos by Thi Bui

43 reviews

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

I'm in the minority for not loving this! It didn't work for me, something about the jumping through time and character meant I never sank into the narrative of their lives fully before we were ripped away. Maybe that's the impression the author wanted to leave the reader with, I'm not sure. I'll seek out other books on this period of history! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, War, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Racism, Domestic abuse, and Murder

nukie19's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Grief, Miscarriage, Death, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Child death

bookbuyingwithkatie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, War, Death, Child abuse, and Infidelity

gabriellesimpson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

Minor: Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Colonisation, and Death of parent

daniellekat's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Xenophobia, Gun violence, Colonisation, and Miscarriage

_meganno's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death

booksandboba's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, War, Pregnancy, Death, Genocide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Classism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol

zoracious's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and War

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

This was a fascinating, moving read. I picked it up in a charity shop having never heard of it and I'm so glad to have found it. Thi Bui tells the story of her family in Vietnam and then the US while examining the legacy of trauma that war and displacement leave. Her family's story is poignant and heart-wrenching and her haunting illustration style and muted orange tones were very effective in portraying that. It was also really interesting to learn something about a part of history I knew very little about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Medical content, Miscarriage, War, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

lectora21's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy