Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee

17 reviews

eradikated's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Body shaming

daniela_cruz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

3.5

Para alguém que tem tentado ler livros mais diversos este foi um bom começo.

Este coming of age graphic deixe-nos a meio de uma história com muitos altos e baixos de alguém que tenta o seu melhor mas que ainda comete erros, gostava de ter aprofundado mais algumas das relações mas acredito que esse fosse o objetivo.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia

tilder's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Beautiful art, based on a true story, I think that I still have some questions about what happened but because it’s based off of the authors life I think that’s the point!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, and Physical abuse

jialianyang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Lushly illustrated, a pensive coming of age book that touches on belonging, mental health, friendship, family and art. Read this if you are ready to dive into a memoir that will demand empathy and holding space for swirling emotions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Violence, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

novella42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

Powerful. It's always so heartbreaking to me that I can read a graphic novel in two hours, that took the author/illustrator a FIFTH of their life to create. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Racism, and Domestic abuse

rogue_leader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Booktalk:

Caught between her American upbringing and her Korean roots, Jung-Jin Lee, who goes by Deborah, is struggling with transitioning into high school. She is struggling with a mother who has unrealistically high expectations and falters between supportive and abusive. Deborah ultimately discovers her love of art and makes a new friend. This book is sometime hard to read but is a powerful look into what being an immigrant and a high school student can be like.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Xenophobia

catcherinthepi's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Bullying, and Racism

megansoetaert's review

emotional fast-paced

3.0

i loooved the art style. I wish we could see every panel with the color on the cover, but the blue tones are beautiful. i think the art conveys more emotion and story than the text. 

i felt like a few parts of the story were missing depth, which always knocks memoirs down a bit for me. I think this could’ve been longer to dig deeper into different events in their life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt

bookdrunkard78's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

kenzieburns's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Xenophobia