Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

23 reviews

caseythereader's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Racism, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Abandonment, Death, Bullying, Racial slurs, Vomit, Child death, War, Gun violence, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, and Xenophobia

torturedreadersdept's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Classism, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Moderate: War and Xenophobia

Minor: Self harm and Forced institutionalization

chrisljm's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was written well but I’m not sure how I feel about taking a real life person and writing a fictional story about her, especially when her story (real and fictional) is filled with so much trauma. I was only able to find one other review from a Chinese person, so I really wish there were more Chinese people who have read/reviewed this. 

Also, just in case there is anyone else out there who will have a similar experience to me, THEY ARE NOT SPEAKING CANTONESE IN THIS BOOK, IT’S TOISANESE 😭 I was losing my mind because I know Cantonese but was unfamiliar with Toisanese, but I’ve since learned it’s because they’re used interchangeably and prior to the 1960s Toisanese was the dominant language spoken in Chinatowns.

Another thing, this part of the blurb was the reason why I decided to read this book, “A stranger is searching for her in each time period. A stranger who’s loved her through all of her genetic memories,” but it was so misleading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexism, Slavery, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Medical content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Grief, Forced institutionalization, War, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, Abandonment, Murder, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Classism, Bullying, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Racial slurs, Self harm, and Colonisation

threadsof_kate's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Death, Homophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

nina_av's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Rape

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: War, Violence, and Xenophobia

nataliebootlah's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This novel centers around epigenetic inheritance, or the effects of inherited trauma. Spanning multiple generations and points of views, The novel follows the lives of seven different women from the same family starting with Afong Moy, who is loosely based off of the first Chinese woman to set foot in America by the same name. Each woman faces some sort of trauma that has been passed down from their mother.

I wasn’t really engrossed in the novel until around half-way through and then I found it hard to put down. It’s part historical-fiction, part science-fiction, and an entirely unique look at the effects of generational trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Rape

sohma4uesugi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Beautifully written but so relentlessly melancholy all the way through. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Rape, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, War, and Bullying

haleysversion's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, War, Toxic relationship, Rape, Racial slurs, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Sexism, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Child death

unboxedjack's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, Medical trauma, Rape, Trafficking, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Terminal illness