Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Displacement by Kiku Hughes

4 reviews

brookey8888's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This is a really great graphic novel if you want an easier to digest history of the Japanese Camps. I did learn a lot and it also refreshed the knowledge I did have. At first I was confused about the going back in time but how the author tied that in was good. There was also LGBTQ+ representation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Murder, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

peachani's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Wonderful story with a twist I didn't expect. The novel does a great job of tying together the plight of Japanese-Americans and others in the US, reminding us that we must fight not only for ourselves, but for others as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Violence

alisazhup's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia

Minor: Racial slurs

Japanese incarceration camps

spinesinaline's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

A really informational and emotional read. And grateful for the author's references so I can do more reading! Thanks to Taylor for her review that got this book on my radar!

This graphic novel is inspired by the author’s research into her own family so much of it is pulled from personal facts and conversations, though with a slight fantastical spin.

The author is actually a character in the book (the young girl in the foreground of the cover)! Kiku is on vacation with her mom in San Francisco when she finds herself “displaced” to the 1940s. The displacements continue happening until Kiku is stuck in the past, forced into the same internment camp as her grandmother, and able to learn firsthand about this history she’s been taught so little about.

I really appreciated this firsthand account as there’s so much of even the little details of this history that I’m unfamiliar with. The displacements act as a very obvious way for Kiku to relate to her grandmother, in the actual act of being taken away from her life, and it was helpful to understand the camps through her eyes and with her commentary on how little she is prepared for it, and ignorant of what’s coming, because of her limited education on the history.

It’s an emotional and powerful story that Hughes ties in nicely to present-day American policies, and I’m very grateful for all the resources she shares at the end so I can continue learning!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness