Reviews tagging 'Death'

Wilde zwanen: Drie dochters van China by Jung Chang

16 reviews

nixusiai's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

this is just incredible. it shows a personal perspective of china's history, and jung chang writes it so well. i felt sad and angry at the tragedy that follows her family, but it also gives hope that things can and will change. idk i highly recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, and Colonisation

francestea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

Fascinating and amazing true story about a very recent time in Chinese history. If you’re intimidated by the size of this tome the audiobook is also quite good. A few parts lagged a bit but it still warrants a 5 star rating. If you’re looking for fiction on similar topics I recommend Madeleine Tien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing and Amy Tan’s Kitchen Gods Wife and Joy Luck Club.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicide

Starvation, famine, forced labour

temsu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

aristhecool's review against another edition

informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion

hotkoolaidpotato's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Amazing read for anyone curious about China in the 20th century. It’s a hard read, emotionally, but this book genuinely changed my life and the way I looked at and learned about other cultures and nationalities. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Excrement

holly_ey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, and Grief