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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
informative
reflective
sad
Probably more of a 4.5. And you can bet I’ll be going down some internet rabbit holes now.
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Holy moly. I needed this book in my life. I wish I could know more about my own family's time in the camps, and kiku hughes has done an amazing job of articulating the sense of cultural and historical loss of yonsei hafu kids like us. Hot damn. What a book.
*I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks for the free graphic novel.*
Although I am not the target audience for this graphic novel (it's middle grade, I'd say), this was very well done and can also be enjoyed as an adult. The topic is not altogether enjoyable: In the WWII, entire Japanese-American families were deported to so called Internment Camps, losing their homes, jobs, and connections. "Displacement" is the semi-fictional story of a girl travelling through time to her grandmother, who was put into such an internment camp as a child. (Yes, it is sort of "Kindred", but not entirely.) She learns about this part of her family's history and experiences things similar to what she experiences in her real timeline, where Trump wants to forbid Muslims to come to the US or where children are taken away from their families (ICE).
The connections between now and then, past and present, make this graphic novel so haunting. I already knew about the internment camps, but this very personal approach allows us readers to make connections, to make the past more familiar, to get attached. And this is important, not only for middle grade readers. Also well drawn, not too much text, immersive, short.
5 Stars
Although I am not the target audience for this graphic novel (it's middle grade, I'd say), this was very well done and can also be enjoyed as an adult. The topic is not altogether enjoyable: In the WWII, entire Japanese-American families were deported to so called Internment Camps, losing their homes, jobs, and connections. "Displacement" is the semi-fictional story of a girl travelling through time to her grandmother, who was put into such an internment camp as a child. (Yes, it is sort of "Kindred", but not entirely.) She learns about this part of her family's history and experiences things similar to what she experiences in her real timeline, where Trump wants to forbid Muslims to come to the US or where children are taken away from their families (ICE).
The connections between now and then, past and present, make this graphic novel so haunting. I already knew about the internment camps, but this very personal approach allows us readers to make connections, to make the past more familiar, to get attached. And this is important, not only for middle grade readers. Also well drawn, not too much text, immersive, short.
5 Stars
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Une chouette bd sur une partie trop peu connue de l'histoire. On y retrouve des discussions intéressantes sur le trauma intergénérationnel. J'aurais seulement aimé qu'elle soit plus longue et que certains thèmes soient davantage développés.
emotional
reflective