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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.
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
sarah984's review against another edition
challenging
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
This is the first time I've read a graphic memoir. It's an interesting format - the watercolour images give everything a kind of dreamy memory-like quality which is especially interesting in the parts that the author experienced as a small child. It's a story about Vietnam, but also about parents and children and what we pass down, both on purpose and without meaning to. It can be a heavy read, but I enjoyed it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Torture
Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Miscarriage
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