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bookedbyelizabeth's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Forced institutionalization
lalalayna's review
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
this book made me so sad.
the last chapter with the father broke me
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, and Racism
rohnstrong's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I cannot recommend this breathtaking novel enough. It was tragic and absorbing. Its matter of fact writing style paired perfectly with grizzly subject matter we’re not often taught.
Please read this novel.
Please read this novel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Death
Minor: Racial slurs and Racism
wai's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
This book is slim and a very quick read but one that stays with you. I found the end particularly poignant, discussing the surrealism of returning to society after internment and facing both overt and covert forms of racism and complacency in the white majority. The family survives but the trauma they all faced in imprisonment and the current social climate has taken its toll and begs the question - how much did they really survive?
I'm a quarter Japanese American and this just reminded me of all the history classes I've taken that discussed WWII, how little they all discussed Japanese internment and how much justification we were given for the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan. More of this rhetoric exists still today than people realize and is hard for Japanese diaspora and their families.
I'm a quarter Japanese American and this just reminded me of all the history classes I've taken that discussed WWII, how little they all discussed Japanese internment and how much justification we were given for the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan. More of this rhetoric exists still today than people realize and is hard for Japanese diaspora and their families.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Dementia
Minor: Vomit