Reviews

Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston

noesbookishthings's review against another edition

5.0

Seriously one of the best books I have ever read. It blows me away that we let our own citizens be treated this way. Frightening.

synastrii's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

jvoigt6459's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

disabledbookdragon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

maddim's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

irinalast's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

eclaytonbennett's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This memoir of the Japanese internment is much more emotionally complex than I remembered. I first read it as an adolescent many years ago and mostly remembered its descriptions of life at Manzanar. But it is as much about family and growing up and shame and assimilation.

steobr508's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

qovein's review against another edition

3.0

I wasn’t particularly interested in it until the last few chapters that made me shed tears. I feel it’s a good start to anyone wanting to read their first memoir.

mpapomeroy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0