Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama

5 reviews

lauraportalupi's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Grief, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Classism, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Genocide

killeenm's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

this book took a while to pull me in, I found the beginning quite slow and a bit confusing. By the last quarter, I couldn’t put it down. Even when it was slow, it was beautifully written. I learned so much about Tibet, Tibetans in exile, Tibetan Buddhism. A great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual content, War, Violence, and Suicide

hollyd19's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.75

This epic follows a family of Tibetan refugees from their flight to Nepal during China’s Cultural Revolution through to Vancouver in 2012. Sisters Lhamo and Tenkyi are young girls when their family is forced to flee violence and cultural erasure. They land in a refugee camp set up in Nepal for the incoming migrants, and the book follows their unfolding lives.

The structure of this novel is creative with sections delineated by relational groupings (daughters, sisters, lovers, etc). The story goes back and forth from the 50s until nearly present day, converging to bring the whole story into focus. The writing is truly exceptional. Several passages bowled be over with poetic, insistent prose determined to scrub away grit from a window and reveal beyond wise, hard-earned truths. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Colonisation, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Genocide, Mental illness, Cultural appropriation, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

Minor: Deportation and Pregnancy

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Grief, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

eslsilver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: War, Death of parent, and Genocide

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism