Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

6 reviews

nitar8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, War, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Classism, Abandonment, Death, and Miscarriage

bg_oseman_fan's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Through words and images, Thi Bui tells a story that is intensely personal and broadly impactful. This story is about the history of one country, and one family, but Bui’s artful and engaging storytelling brings everyone into the story. An exemplary example of the graphic novel memoir that any fan of the medium must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Death, War, and Medical content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Colonisation, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Classism, Infidelity, and Alcohol

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Pregnancy, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Classism, and Racism

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

carmentxx's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

this book had me tearing up like hell. as the daughter of vietnamese immigrants myself, the constant questions of identity and belonging really hit home. the drawings are beautiful and the art style really emulates the level of pain and confusion felt throughout war. this book has made me want to learn more about my own past. an excellent introduction into the refugee complex, the vietnam war and just an overall beautiful and heartbreaking story and family, hope and loss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Miscarriage, War, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Classism and Death

Minor: Domestic abuse and Infidelity

brookey8888's review

challenging dark informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.0

I did enjoy this and learn things, but I just felt like the story telling was a little confusing at first. It also didn’t get into the history till later, which is fine because this is her family history, but it talks about motherhood and I don’t really care about that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Grief, Violence, Colonisation, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, War, Child death, Racism, Sexism, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Genocide