Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

61 reviews

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

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

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child death, Death, and War

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, and Miscarriage

Minor: Xenophobia and Racism

alysereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

achingly raw and beautiful exploration of parenthood as the child of an immigrant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Miscarriage, Child death, Medical trauma, and Gore

caprivoyant's review against another edition

Tender and full of all sorts of flavors of familial love. 🩷

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical content, War, Child death, and Racial slurs

Minor: Xenophobia and Alcoholism

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

ka_cam's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

A moving reflection on family and the relationships between parents and children and people and time/place. Thi Bui addresses heavy topics with sensitivity and compassion for subjects. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, War, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Racial slurs, and Domestic abuse

laurawil's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and War

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

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