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sprucewillow's review against another edition
4.5
I wish there were more good things that happened but who knows if that was due to the author excluding them or good things really did just rarely happen.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Medical content, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Genocide
caoxtina's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia
shortstackz's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, and Medical trauma
sarah_speaks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Racism
keekbeeek's review against another edition
This is an incredibly sad book. Within these pages we relive the trauma that Qian experienced as a child in America. It’s almost as if Qian wrote this book in order to process her childhood trauma— every single page and story was filled with visceral pain and trauma. May you feel grateful for your own childhood after reading this? Possibly. But at what cost?
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia
menomica's review
For all those who remain in the shadows: May you one day have no reason to fear the light.
I guess I’m just not a nonfiction girlie. The prose was also bit 🫤.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Classism
btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, and Stalking
Minor: Cancer and Infidelity
xeniba's review
4.5
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
parasolcrafter's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation
Moderate: Excrement
mildlypretentiousreader's review against another edition
5.0
“Why were we expected to speak English while praising Americans for even the crumbiest dribble of Chinese?”
Qian Julie Wang’s Beautiful Country details her life as an undocumented immigrant in New York City. As a young child, Qian and her mother reunite with her father in “Mei Guo,” the Chinese word for America meaning “Beautiful Country.” Mei Guo turns out to be anything but beautiful.
Told through the lenses of a child, we peek into the fearful and harrowing life of an undocumented Chinese immigrant family. The Wang family is forced to live
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation