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nitar8's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, War, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Classism, Abandonment, Death, and Miscarriage
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
koreanlinda's review
4.25
I learned a lot about what Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans went through in the last few generations. I recommend coupling this book with Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna, which talks about a painful part of Cambodian history around a similar time as this book.
Review by Linda (Any Pronouns) in Feb 2024
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Graphic: Violence, Miscarriage, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Genocide, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse
kirkspockreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Gun violence, War, Violence, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Racial slurs, Murder, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Abandonment, Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Racism, and Pregnancy
ittywitty's review
5.0
Moderate: Deportation, Confinement, War, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Grief, Miscarriage, and Colonisation
odetojersey's review
4.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Miscarriage, War, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Grief
distractible's review
3.75
Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, War, Grief, Colonisation, and Pregnancy
Minor: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Child abuse
okdupuy's review
3.5
Moderate: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Grief, Colonisation, Death, Police brutality, War, Gore, and Infidelity
bg_oseman_fan's review
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Death, War, and Medical content
Moderate: Miscarriage, Colonisation, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Classism, Infidelity, and Alcohol
readwithev's review against another edition
4.5
Bui talks about how challenging it was to get to know her parents, but she uncovers their origins and begins separating her expectations of them. It felt very healing and vulnerable. Bui delves into her childhood and the things she’s still healing from and beginning to see in differently now that she’s a parent.
Moderate: Blood, Genocide, Miscarriage, War, and Violence
Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, and Colonisation