Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho

34 reviews

brynpemery's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

Minor: Xenophobia

toriamos's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

counciloffrogs's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.0

I don’t think this book is well executed. It holds an absurd amount of knowledge, history, challenging topics, family stories, little anecdotes, and I think that so many of them are truly effective. The problem is that there is seemingly no organization. I mean, honestly, I’d need to write out a timeline to have any idea where things actually fall in relation to one another, and that isn’t a great quality for a book trying to educate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Bullying, and War

awderrick's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and War

sarahelem's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I read this and thought about my American education, and how roughly 10 minutes of my entire school career was dedicated to the Korean War's impact on citizens, and even less on Asian immigrants from Korea to the United States. 

This memoir is incredibly eye-opening, challenging at all points, but in my opinion, essential reading. We need to amplify these voices. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Child death, Xenophobia, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Racism, Excrement, Confinement, Chronic illness, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Colonisation, War, Violence, Sexism, Mental illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, and Grief

aayaannaa's review

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Mental illness, and Suicide

knenigans's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Devastating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Body horror, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Genocide, Grief, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Rape, Slavery, and War

xochilaz's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Grace Cho wrote about her mothers fraught history with incredible sensitivity, i think. Her overall tone in this memoir is intimate yet informative, her voice guides you through a deeply personal history and experience of life as an immigrant. Cho presents the historical information in a way that is approachable and easy to follow, even if you're not familiar with the material. 
In all, this is a deeply touching love letter to maternal relationships and all women who have had to endure the unspeakable and came out the other side.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Colonisation, Grief, Racism, Suicide attempt, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Trafficking, Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Racial slurs, and Sexual violence

maevebm's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

We love learning about food + culture + identity. The mom (don’t know if her name was ever said) was tragic, joyful, inspirational, and human. although it was a good read, there was too much going on. while each part - mental health, colonization, war, immigration, food culture, racism, etc. -  was interesting, I don’t think the memoir format did it justice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, War, Genocide, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual violence, Racism, and Violence

carrie_wallace's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Racism, War, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder