Reviews tagging 'Death'

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

11 reviews

aishu97's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Rape

addierr's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Suicide, and Death

baby_jewels's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book was very good, but also very sad. This is not a cute historical romance, that the cover  portrays. It's a story of hardships, trauma, and the power to keep going. The gold lining of it though was the love Pearl and May had for each other and the power that it gave them.

My heart feels heavy for Pearl and May, even though they're fiction. Even though they were thought up by Lisa See, I know that their life bears resemblance to hundreds of women's life's during that time period. Growing up we are taught about the colonization of China and we are thought about discrimination again various immigrants, but we were never taught what the Chinese immigrants had to go through. This book was eye opening for me, and I'm glad Lisa See through her story is able to bring to peoples attention things that have been forgotten and looked over. 
I think it's definitely a must read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Death

Moderate: War, Miscarriage, Infertility, Racial slurs, and Rape

juleskr02's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

my first laufey book club read, and a pretty slow read i’m embarrassed! 

this story was so depressing, maybe that’s why i took my time with it. i enjoyed it immensely, but was still so turned off by the horrible events that happened to pearl and may. lisa see does a phenomenal job at writing historical fiction in that it all feels so real. 

i was a little disappointed in the ending, and that’s simply because i didn’t know there was a sequel! i need to know what happens next ah! 

so many annotations and standout quotes in this novel, it was excellently written for sure! i enjoyed it a lot, and i look forward to reading dreams of joy soon!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, Deportation, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, War, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Suicide, Rape, and Racism

Minor: Pregnancy

paigepeploe's review against another edition

hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide

silverrose187's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, War, Sexual violence, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Terminal illness, Hate crime, Child death, Miscarriage, Infertility, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Rape, Suicide, and Blood

bailee_c's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Minor: Classism, Grief, Blood, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Violence

liwolf's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and War

sofiercely's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, War, and Xenophobia

charleysketches's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, and Rape