Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Skinship by Yoon Choi

3 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

First short story book that really kept my attention and felt invested in, though it was probably because I am Korean intact in the US and they were about being Korean immigrant in the US.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

sidneyreads_'s review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Dementia

Moderate: Cancer and Abandonment

Minor: Racism, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Alcohol

leah_alexandra's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What an astounding collection of stories. Not a "skip" among them. They each convey so much history, emotion, and character, in relatively few pages.

Not really a spoiler, I think: one of the best parts about this collection is how Korean immigrants/Korean-Americans are fully centered in each narrative. We're never reading these people through the lens of white people. White people barely feature in the stories at all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Infertility, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment