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Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

12 reviews

btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Racism, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Stalking, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Cancer

jobaji's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Deportation, Racism, Cancer, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming

bookswithmybulldog's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Racial slurs, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cancer and Animal cruelty

newtons's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Medical content, Mental illness, Abandonment, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, and Domestic abuse

anu_wil's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cancer

Moderate: Domestic abuse

cwparrish's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Cancer

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Blood, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Bullying, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

megkwheeler's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

charlottie93's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is heartbreaking in a beautiful way, it starts with Qians life in China before her Ba Ba leaves to go to the USA, eventually her and her Ma Ma also get to go to the USA and are reunited with her Ba Ba. 

This is a memoir of Qians life as an undocumented person in the USA, the family has little money and has to adjust to a life in a country that's unfamiliar and where they don't speak the language. 

While some parts of the book were alien to me (moving to a new country for example) other parts really brought back memories of my childhood (only having 1 pair of shoes for the school year, worrying about class trips because money was tight / non-existent). 

Honestly I couldn't put this book down, it should be a must read for everyone so that people can truly appreciate the sacrifices people go to in order to have a better life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Abortion, Animal cruelty, and Cancer

emfass's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Animal death, Body shaming, Stalking, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Bullying, Sexual harassment, and Fatphobia

Minor: Abortion

Qian and her family live in extreme poverty; during many parts of the book, Qian is extremely hungry and food insecure.