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brookey8888's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Grief, Violence, Colonisation, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, War, Child death, Racism, Sexism, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Genocide
bussmanbooks3000's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia
f18's review against another edition
5.0
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
sarah984's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Torture
Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Miscarriage
ehmannky's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Death, Child death, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Xenophobia
icfasntw's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Medical content
Minor: Rape, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia
This is a graphic novelization of the author's family story, which includes her parents' lives in Vietnam from the 1940s and 50s through their escape to the United States after the Vietnam War. Thi Bui doesn't sensationalize their story, but she presents it honestly, and it isn't an easy one.