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A review by careinthelibrary
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
slow-paced
I'm in the minority for not loving this! It didn't work for me, something about the jumping through time and character meant I never sank into the narrative of their lives fully before we were ripped away. Maybe that's the impression the author wanted to leave the reader with, I'm not sure. I'll seek out other books on this period of history!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Medical content, War, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Racism, Domestic abuse, and Murder