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jadziaaudrey's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
saroosh's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Violence and War
rzh's review
4.0
read this for a canadian literature course at university: very moving, lovely prose, and a valuable insight to the japanese-canadian experience towards the end of the second world war. can definitely understand why it forms a key part in most canadian literature courses in university. perhaps quite difficult at times to tell whether the narrator is in the past or the future, but i’d say that’s definitely intentional and forms an interesting comment on different characters’ approaches to family and cultural history. 4 stars
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
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