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f18's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
Minor: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Vomit
ehmannky's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
A beautiful memoir, both in terms of the art and the story. Bui brings the effects of colonialism on the individual to the front and center, and how those who are simply trying to live their lives are the ones who suffer the most from imperial dreams. In the chapter "The Chessboard," she even mentions that in the grand scheme of the global chess for her country, her family didn't even factor in at all, even though their trauma was the result of the game. This trauma just manifests in every interaction of her family's lives, from the complicated way that her family relates (or struggles to relate) to one another, to her birth experience. Bui doesn't take a stance on the war itself, instead framing it as an all-around traumatic and tragic event, one sparked by centuries of foreign rule and colonialism. It's a lovely and intimate story and I couldn't put it down.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Child death, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Xenophobia
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