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A review by moonytoast
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
This has been on my TBR for years at this point and I’m so glad I was finally able to read it. I have a soft spot for graphic novel memoirs and this is probably one of my favorites that I’ve read outside of the college class on Visual and Graphic Narrative I took freshman year. There’s just something about using that medium to dissect one’s own family dynamics and how their parents’ life experiences can create generational trauma that impact their relationship…. Plus the writing style was really beautiful.
Graphic: War, Miscarriage, and Child death
Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Xenophobia and Racism