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jouljet's review
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, War, Body horror, and Child death
tlaynejones's review
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
This was such an excellent memoir. It’s told in a third person pov, and the perspective alternates between the author and her father. To me this reads like a cross between raw, spare, intimate and sharp literary fiction, and the epic, gut wrenching truth of some historical fiction novels. Highly recommended.
Graphic: War, Grief, Physical abuse, Murder, Excrement, Genocide, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Slavery, and Classism
ntvenessa's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
There were always aspects of growing up as the child of refugees that were universally understood in-group but never really spoken about. Perhaps more recently in superficial jest you might come across a joke or two (always a joke), but never with such clarity and body. This is a deeply generous and thoughtful reflection on Pung's relationship with her father. Pung writes with such finesse, such tenderness and insight as she considers such difficult subject matter as the Khmer Rouge. I am deeply moved by how she is able to convey so much complex emotion with delicate care, simplicity, and truth.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Mental illness
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