A review by mangocats
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War by Viet Thanh Nguyen

4.0

so so so incredibly well researched and Nguyen possesses such a strong and nuanced command of words. he will wring a concept dry (in a good way) and produce such a thorough and diverse conversation for the readers to engage with. i appreciated how he recognized the inhumanity of vietnam as well, and its harmful military activity in other southeast asian countries.

i read a review that found his book to be verbose and repetitive, which i agree with. i understand that he wrote this book around the relationship btwn memory and war, but sometimes i feel like he was talking just to talk lol. like it was so dense at times i couldn’t understand where he was going with it.

another banger from Nguyen