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steinbeckbookclub's review against another edition
dark
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reflective
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4.0
queenhufflegruff's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Genocide, War, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, and Child death
haleybre's review against another edition
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5.0
This is a hard story to tell but so important to hear
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Graphic: Police brutality, Pregnancy, Child death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Suicide, Child abuse, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War
bartlebies's review against another edition
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4.5
fluoresensitive's review against another edition
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mat_tobin's review against another edition
5.0
Extraordinary graphic novel autobiography of the author's experiences during the bombing of his home town in Hiroshima. As 'Gen' grows up with his mother, father and siblings, he finds himself outcast and segregated because of his father's brave refusal to not fight in the war and not be blinded by the politics of the wealthy Japanese elite who are controlling the masses.
Isolated to the point of near-starvation, Gen and his family struggle to survive in extreme poverty and struggle desperately to maintain a sense of unity and love as a family. These are brutal and confusing times in which raising a child is far different to what we would see today. Gen and his siblings are regularly smacked and beaten by both parents as well as neighbours and teachers: life as a child is unimaginably hard but it's a story that I am so glad to have read.
Then the bombs drops...
Gen is honest and painful but it is also truth unfettered and told from a perspective that we all need to hear. There are others in series and I will be reading them. Definitely Young Adult+
Isolated to the point of near-starvation, Gen and his family struggle to survive in extreme poverty and struggle desperately to maintain a sense of unity and love as a family. These are brutal and confusing times in which raising a child is far different to what we would see today. Gen and his siblings are regularly smacked and beaten by both parents as well as neighbours and teachers: life as a child is unimaginably hard but it's a story that I am so glad to have read.
Then the bombs drops...
Gen is honest and painful but it is also truth unfettered and told from a perspective that we all need to hear. There are others in series and I will be reading them. Definitely Young Adult+
hananhn's review against another edition
5.0
بصور معبرة و حوارات بسيطة، تكمن الكتاب من إلقاء بقعة ضوء صغيرة لهذه الجريمة الفظيعة