Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Eine Kindheit im Internierungslager by Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

18 reviews

eve81's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and War

savvylit's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

This heartbreaking graphic memoir offers a glimpse into a portion of American history that is not often acknowledged. Even having grown up here in the U.S. and having taken history classes from elementary school through university, this book covered a subject that I had never learned about. In They Called Us Enemy, Takei and his co-writers have created a very moving and emotional portrayal of the imprisonment of Japanese Americans post-Pearl Harbor. The cruelty and xenophobia against Japanese people in the States in that era was even worse than I would have guessed. Many of the people at the camps, including most of George's own family, were actually born in the United States. Despite that, they were seen as inherently loyal to the emperor of Japan. Japanese Americans faced so much dehumanization before, during, and after their imprisonment. Reading this book allows us to see some of that through the eyes of George as a young boy. 

If, like me, you wish that you had known more about this era of history, then please read this quick and poignant memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Racial slurs, War, and Xenophobia

littlecat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Hate crime

Moderate: Death, Violence, War, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

thesaltiestlibrarian's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Racial slurs, and Grief

jessnreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gun violence

katymaryreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Beautifully told and drawn story of the internment of Japanese people in the USA during World War II. Told mostly from the point of view of the young George Takei with a child's understanding of events, and interspersed with explanations and opinions he came to as he grew up. Interesting and enlightening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Homophobia

invaderlinz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Hate crime, Grief, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Death

savgulick's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Racism, Racial slurs, and Grief

Minor: Death and Child death