Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Obasan by Joy Kogawa

2 reviews

juliebruzon's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Death of parent, War

Moderate: Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment

rzh's review against another edition

4.0

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read this for a canadian literature course at university: very moving, lovely prose, and a valuable insight to the japanese-canadian experience towards the end of the second world war. can definitely understand why it forms a key part in most canadian literature courses in university. perhaps quite difficult at times to tell whether the narrator is in the past or the future, but i’d say that’s definitely intentional and forms an interesting comment on different characters’ approaches to family and cultural history. 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Sexual assault