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jmsweevils's review
5.0
For those who have grown up under manipulative and toxic family, this book “hits home”. Mori is well-articulated and clearly depicts how much of our world and culture is understood by listening to authority figures like our parents. The parental roles, sometimes, play a stronger and more salient role in understanding our world than the subtle pervasiveness of culture. Maybe home is less about where it is, and more about where it is not.
theresidentbookworm's review
4.0
I find it interesting that in my Ethnic American Lit. Class we read a lot of memoirs. I’m not sure why. For me, I don’t often consider memoirs literature. I will admit that the memoirs we read are highly stylized, but I do wish we had read more fiction.
Regardless, The Dream of Water was a very good memoir. It is focused on Mori’s personal experience and her family trauma rather than doing a deep dive into her cultural background. Sometimes, I wanted to have a little more background. However, Mori’s writing is clear and concise, which is more than I can say for other memoirist I read this semester.
Recommend? Yes...
Regardless, The Dream of Water was a very good memoir. It is focused on Mori’s personal experience and her family trauma rather than doing a deep dive into her cultural background. Sometimes, I wanted to have a little more background. However, Mori’s writing is clear and concise, which is more than I can say for other memoirist I read this semester.
Recommend? Yes...
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