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wanderlust_romance's review
5.0
Graphic: War
Moderate: Medical content, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, and Infidelity
njh_books's review against another edition
5.0
Heartbreaking but also hopeful. The last scene with the son is truly thought provoking and beautiful.
My knowledge of Vietnam improved with this story as often events were discussed that I then looked into on my own.
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Colonisation, Child death, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Medical content, Death, Xenophobia, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage
lprongs's review
Moderate: Pregnancy, Death, Miscarriage, and War
Minor: Xenophobia, Vomit, Racial slurs, and Racism
cecilie_who_reads's review
5.0
But her parents as children and young people are so well conveyed that you feel it could be you. The lack of safety, the repeated chock of having all plans overturned, sneaks in on you in your armchair. It invites the reader (and, as Thi Bui says, her own self too) to renewed respect for the survivors, even those that spend their days in a dark room, grumpy and unapproachable for apparently no reason.
Moderate: Violence, Domestic abuse, Death, War, Miscarriage, and Abandonment
Minor: Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs
Starvation, persecution, and hiding alone in the darkness in small spaces are also part of the story. Read it, but hold someone's hand.ittywitty's review
5.0
Moderate: Deportation, Confinement, War, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Grief, Miscarriage, and Colonisation
osteele98's review
3.75
Graphic: War
Moderate: Death, Abortion, and Xenophobia
Minor: Domestic abuse
lasafica_reads's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Violence, War, Pregnancy, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Classism, and Racism
kaitlinlovesbooks's review
4.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Child death, Death, and War
Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, and Miscarriage
Minor: Xenophobia and Racism
caprivoyant's review against another edition
Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical content, War, Child death, and Racial slurs
Minor: Xenophobia and Alcoholism
bookbuyingwithkatie's review
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, War, Death, Child abuse, and Infidelity