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drlainie's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Excrement, Vomit, Child abuse, Classism, Xenophobia, Deportation, and Animal death
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, Grief, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Cancer, and Racial slurs
Minor: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Misogyny, Stalking, Abortion, Bullying, and Sexism
mrsdarcylynn's review against another edition
3.0
I think this was a pretty middle of the road memoir for me. The author narrates the entirety from the perspective of her childhood self and hits on some important issues with being the child of undocumented immigrants.
For me, the lack of contextualization made this a weaker memoir. There is no hindsight, the author doesn’t bring any of her present understandings to bear on these past memories. You kind of just get the stories. Which is fine, but doesn’t make it a standout for me. I didn’t get a sense that there was a call to action, any insight, just observation.
I also thought she lingered too long on some of the animal violence and excrement pieces of her childhood memories. There wasn’t much of a point to those parts of the stories.
Overall, an okay read.
Graphic: Excrement, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, and Racism
danahuff's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Excrement, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse
parasolcrafter's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Deportation, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Violence, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Racism, Sexism, Chronic illness, Grief, Hate crime, Pedophilia, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Excrement
margaretrose's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Classism
Minor: Excrement
If you are currently going through an immigration process, Qian and her family's fear may increase your own anxiety.