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ambsonline's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
I haven’t read a memoir in a while and this was a great way to break the fast. Really interesting novel — I was confronted with a lot of US/Korean history that I sadly didn’t know about. I loved the descriptions of food throughout and how that shaped the authors journey with her mother. I felt like the memoir was really perceptive and didn’t shy away from any difficult topics. I would recommend to others!
rballenger's review against another edition
4.0
Type of read: Weekend/Lunchtime Read.
What made me pick it up: 'Tastes Like War' is the Big Library Read for May. Additionally, it fit the TN R.E.A.D.S challenge of reading a book by an Asian American author.
Overall rating: 'Tasts Like War' is a gut punch to your feelings and everything inside you that ever made you question who you are or why you're in the place you are doing what you do. I read this one so fast partially because my library loan was expiring and partially because it's just that damn good. I've said it before (and I'll probably say it with every memoir or personal book I read/review) but I always feel bad reviewing memoirs. These are books that people have spilled their soul onto the pages and laid it all out there for us to take in, judge, and experience. I would 100% recommend 'Tastes Like War' and I'm so thankful that the Big Library Read brought this onto my TBR.
What made me pick it up: 'Tastes Like War' is the Big Library Read for May. Additionally, it fit the TN R.E.A.D.S challenge of reading a book by an Asian American author.
Overall rating: 'Tasts Like War' is a gut punch to your feelings and everything inside you that ever made you question who you are or why you're in the place you are doing what you do. I read this one so fast partially because my library loan was expiring and partially because it's just that damn good. I've said it before (and I'll probably say it with every memoir or personal book I read/review) but I always feel bad reviewing memoirs. These are books that people have spilled their soul onto the pages and laid it all out there for us to take in, judge, and experience. I would 100% recommend 'Tastes Like War' and I'm so thankful that the Big Library Read brought this onto my TBR.
melissaann68's review
5.0
I couldn’t put this book down, the gripping story and personal history behind it. I’m so glad I was gravitated towards this book at my local library. On display for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Really opened my eyes to say the least.
Upon reading her brothers testimony I am swayed in both directions. I will say my views on the history she wrote about 5 stars. Three stars in that some of the authors personal events could be exaggerated whos to say either way but I still think the history is very impactful
Upon reading her brothers testimony I am swayed in both directions. I will say my views on the history she wrote about 5 stars. Three stars in that some of the authors personal events could be exaggerated whos to say either way but I still think the history is very impactful
thecuriousbean's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
0.25
Revised based on reading family members' accounts on Goodreads. I don't read many memoirs and I'm upset that this was so fabricated to be more like fiction than memoir.
amyjo25's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Mental illness, and Racism