Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

52 reviews

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

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

smalljoys's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Colonisation, 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

bookbuyingwithkatie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, War, Death, Child abuse, and Infidelity

alteirence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Colonisation, Violence, Infidelity, Abortion, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

hannahmaecox's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I read this for my Graphic Novels class - I’m so glad I had the excuse to analyze it in-depth. TBWCD is just stunning. So much thought, emotion, conversation, learning, and labor went into this story and it’s incredibly layered. It will stay with me for years to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, War, and Violence

bookwormdystopian2's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and War

jessjess125's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, War, and Violence

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

This was a fascinating, moving read. I picked it up in a charity shop having never heard of it and I'm so glad to have found it. Thi Bui tells the story of her family in Vietnam and then the US while examining the legacy of trauma that war and displacement leave. Her family's story is poignant and heart-wrenching and her haunting illustration style and muted orange tones were very effective in portraying that. It was also really interesting to learn something about a part of history I knew very little about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Medical content, Miscarriage, War, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse