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A review by joanna77_
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
โ๐๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐โ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ.โ
This is gonna be required reading in 10 years and it needs to be required reading now. Shout out to my history teachers growing up who actually taught me about this stuff, because Iโm definitely one of the few who actually was, still though, this book added SO much depth and information to what I was taught in school.
I really loved this story. It was so hard to read at points, but thatโs what makes it so good. You get so attached to these characters and begin to realize how even though theyโre not real, what happened to them was.
I got super confused with some of the characters which definitely lessened my enjoyment of this. It definitely felt like an anthology, and I feel like technically it could be considered one because the chapters are just short stories. 14 characters was just a lot to keep track of and some of the chapters suffered from being too short while others were super long.
My favorite characters were Mas, Shig, and Stan and their chapters were the most impactful, but honestly each chapter was good. I loved how this book included pictures and documents to ground you in the story, I thought that was really well done.
Iโd definitely recommend this book. Itโs super important and like the author said in the back, history is not dead and we can still see injustices inflicted against this population even close to eighty years after these events.
Read this book!
This is gonna be required reading in 10 years and it needs to be required reading now. Shout out to my history teachers growing up who actually taught me about this stuff, because Iโm definitely one of the few who actually was, still though, this book added SO much depth and information to what I was taught in school.
I really loved this story. It was so hard to read at points, but thatโs what makes it so good. You get so attached to these characters and begin to realize how even though theyโre not real, what happened to them was.
I got super confused with some of the characters which definitely lessened my enjoyment of this. It definitely felt like an anthology, and I feel like technically it could be considered one because the chapters are just short stories. 14 characters was just a lot to keep track of and some of the chapters suffered from being too short while others were super long.
My favorite characters were Mas, Shig, and Stan and their chapters were the most impactful, but honestly each chapter was good. I loved how this book included pictures and documents to ground you in the story, I thought that was really well done.
Iโd definitely recommend this book. Itโs super important and like the author said in the back, history is not dead and we can still see injustices inflicted against this population even close to eighty years after these events.
Read this book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia